Environmental awareness of Polish citizens as the base for the „green” economy

Level of environmental awareness of Polish citizens is still low comparing it to the UE citizens, based on long-term studies conducted by the Institute for sustainable development and recently also by the Ministry of Environment. It may be an obstacle in introduction changes in economy, taking into account the sustainable development as a the base in building of the „green” economy. Aim of the article is to shows original results of the pilot studies about environmental awareness, conducted among college students in Szczecin. Research focused on the size of environmental threats, environments place in value system, respect for the environmental protection in the context of economic activity for the environment, perception of responsibility for solving environmental problems. The results will show detailed size of level of environmental awareness in this social group, which in the near future will be decisive about size and degree of introduction the „green” economy