Futures consciousness (FC) refers to the capacity to understand, anticipate and prepare for the future. As a form of future orientation, it encompasses five interrelated dimensions of time perspective, agency beliefs, openness to alternatives, systems perception and concern for others. We present here cross‐sectional evidence that FC is related to greater environmental engagement, above and beyond other future orientation constructs. In two pre‐registered studies (one convenience student sample and one representative sample; N = 1041), we found that respondents with higher futures consciousness reported greater proenvironmental behaviour (consumption behaviour, land stewardship, social environmentalism and environmental citizenship). FC proved a better predictor of proenvironmental behaviour than the Zimbardo Inventory's Future Time Perspective and the Consideration for Future Consequences Scale (Study 1). FC was also related to stronger biospheric values (Study 2). However, it was not significantly related to personal environmental footprint (derived from a 16‐item calculator). Strikingly, the environmental footprint was also unrelated to the Proenvironmental Behaviour Scale, which could point to a lack of correspondence between measures of proenvironmental propensity and impact. We discuss implications for future‐thinking research and interventions aiming to improve futures consciousness.

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绿色梦想由此而来：未来意识和环保参与


未来意识（FC）是指理解、预测和为未来做好准备的能力。作为未来导向的一种形式，它包含五个相互关联的维度：时间视角、机构信念、对替代方案的开放性、系统感知和对他人的关心。我们在此提供横断面证据，表明 FC 与更大的环境参与相关，超越其他未来导向结构。在两项预先登记的研究（一项方便学生样本和一项代表性样本；N = 1041）中，我们发现具有较高未来意识的受访者报告了更多的亲环境行为（消费行为、土地管理、社会环保主义和环境公民意识）。事实证明，FC 比津巴多清单的未来时间视角和考虑未来后果量表（研究 1）更能预测环保行为。 FC 还与较强的生物圈值相关（研究 2）。然而，它与个人环境足迹（来自 16 项计算器）没有显着相关。引人注目的是，环境足迹也与亲环境行为量表无关，这可能表明亲环境倾向和影响的衡量标准之间缺乏对应关系。我们讨论了旨在提高未来意识的未来思维研究和干预措施的影响。