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Environmental Awareness in the Socially Turbulent 1980s

Author(s):Jelka Piškurić
Co-author(s):Tomaž Ivešić (odg. ur.), Renato Podbersič (gl. ur.), Petra Grabrovec (teh. ur.)
Leto:20. 11. 2025
Publisher(s):Študijski center za narodno spravo, Ljubljana
Source(s):Dileme: razprave o vprašanjih sodobne slovenske zgodovine; letnik 9/2025, št. 2
Language(s):slovenščina, angleščina
Type(s) of material:text
Keywords:okoljska ozaveščenost, javno mnenje, politične in družbene spremembe, 1980/1990, Slovenija, environmental awareness, public opinion, political and social changes, Slovenia
Identifier:https://doi.org/10.55692/D.18564.25.12
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The article presents the gradual sensitization of public opinion towards environmental issues in the 1980s. Environmental awareness developed during a period of specific political and social changes, with activists warning the public about the consequences of pollution often coming from the younger generation and educated groups. Environmental awareness among broader segments of the population, which developed through media-covered topics, only increased in the second half of the decade, particularly after the Chernobyl disaster. Although awareness of the impact of pollution on quality of life was rising, it soon became evident that this issue carried political connotations more than it reflected the environmental awareness of the broader population.

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  • identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11686/71636
    • title
      • Odnos do okolja v družbeno turbulentnih 80. letih
      • Environmental Awareness in the Socially Turbulent 1980s
    • creator
      • Jelka Piškurić
    • contributor
      • Tomaž Ivešić (odg. ur.)
      • Renato Podbersič (gl. ur.)
      • Petra Grabrovec (teh. ur.)
    • subject
      • okoljska ozaveščenost
      • javno mnenje
      • politične in družbene spremembe
      • 1980/1990
      • Slovenija
      • environmental awareness
      • public opinion
      • political and social changes
      • Slovenia
    • description
      • Prispevek predstavi postopno senzibilizacijo javnega mnenja do okoljskih vprašanj v osemdesetih letih 20. stoletja. Senzibilnost za okoljska vprašanja je porasla v času specifičnih političnih in družbenih sprememb, pri čemer so aktivisti, ki so javnost opozarjali na posledice onesnaževanja, pogosto izhajali iz vrst mlajše generacije in izobraženih. Okoljska zavest širših slojev prebivalstva, ki se je razvijala s pomočjo medijsko izpostavljenih tem, se je povečala šele v drugi polovici desetletja, zlasti po nesreči v Černobilu. Čeprav se je zavedanje o vplivu onesnaževanja na kakovost bivanja povečevalo, se je kmalu izkazalo, da je to vprašanje imelo prej politično konotacijo kot pa bilo izraz okoljske ozaveščenosti širših slojev prebivalstva.
      • The article presents the gradual sensitization of public opinion towards environmental issues in the 1980s. Environmental awareness developed during a period of specific political and social changes, with activists warning the public about the consequences of pollution often coming from the younger generation and educated groups. Environmental awareness among broader segments of the population, which developed through media-covered topics, only increased in the second half of the decade, particularly after the Chernobyl disaster. Although awareness of the impact of pollution on quality of life was rising, it soon became evident that this issue carried political connotations more than it reflected the environmental awareness of the broader population.
    • publisher
      • Študijski center za narodno spravo
    • date
      • 20. 11. 2025
    • type
      • besedilo
    • identifier
      • identifier: https://doi.org/10.55692/D.18564.25.12
    • language
      • Slovenščina
      • Angleščina
    • isPartOf
    • rights
      • license: ccByNcNd