Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Studies ISSN: 2710-140 DOI: 10.32996/jeas Journal Homepage: www.al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jeas Environmental Generation Framework: A Case of Environmental Awareness Among farmers and Senior High School Students for Sustainable Development Dr. Adu Kwaku Isaac 1 , Professor Puthenkalam John Joseph 2 and Professor Antwi Effah Kwabena 3 12Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan 3Natural Resource Canada, Great Lakes Forestry Centre. 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 2E5, Canada Corresponding Author: Dr. Adu Kwaku Isaac, E-mail:
[email protected] ARTICLE INFORMATION ABSTRACT Received: February 20, 2021 Having access to a reliable environmental source of education contributes to pro- Accepted: April 02, 2021 environmental behaviors. Yet, it is unclear whether such environmental education Volume: 2 should be centered on the current or the next generation. To investigate the possible Issue: 1 impact of environmental education on sustainable development and make a DOI: 10.32996/jeas.2021.2.1.7 comparison between the older and the future generations, this research surveyed 376 household heads (also farmers) from two municipalities and 200 Senior High School KEYWORDS students from four municipalities/districts in the Eastern region of Ghana. The results revealed that both farmers and students demonstrated considerable environmental Environmental Generation awareness. However, the students showed a higher and acceptable cumulative Framework, environmental percentage environmental knowledge score than the farmers. The results from the awareness, sustainable Linear Probability Model estimates of perceived environmental knowledge indicate development, farmers, SHS that being a male increases the probability of having perceived environmental students knowledge by 30.8 percentage points, controlling other demographic characteristics.