Ecological behavior across the lifespan: Why environmentalism increases as people grow older

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On the Determinants of Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Literature Review and Guide for the Empirical Economist (2019, background): “Individuals below 30 and individuals between 60 to 69-years, in specific, are inclined to act more ecologically in 2010, in comparison to their behavior in 2001 (cohort & learning effects) (Otto and Kaiser, 2014).”
Why young people do things for the environment: The role of parenting for adolescents’ motivation to engage in pro-environmental behaviour (2017, background): “A recent study suggests that learning rather than maturation is responsible for the higher environmental commitment seen in older generations (Otto & Kaiser, 2014).”
The Importance of Environmental Knowledge for Private and Public Sphere Pro-Environmental Behavior: Modifying the Value-Belief-Norm Theory (2019, methodology): “According to Otto and Pensini [37], individuals must know what type of actions to take in order to behave in a more environmentally friendly manner.”
Nature-based environmental education of children: Environmental knowledge and connectedness to nature, together, are related to ecological behaviour (2017, background): “Thus, environmental knowledge is an intellectual prerequisite to performing ecological behaviour (Frick et al., 2004; Gardner and Stern, 2002; Otto and Kaiser, 2014).”