Behavior that actively promotes the quality of nature and the environment. For example, proecological behavior includes such activities as recycling and reusing, buying the most energy efficient products, conservation of fossil fuels and working to clean up water supplies.
PROECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR: "Jolene hoped that she was, in fact, seeing more proecological behavior in her neighborhood."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PROECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/proecological-behavior/ (accessed December 8, 2021).
