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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绿色梦想由此组成：未来意识和环保参与


未来意识 （FC） 是指理解、预测和准备未来的能力。作为未来导向的一种形式，它包括时间视角、能动性信念、对替代方案的开放性、系统感知和对他人的关注这五个相互关联的维度。我们在这里提供了横断面证据，表明 FC 与更大的环境参与有关，高于其他未来取向结构。在两项预先注册的研究中（一项便利学生样本和一项代表性样本;N = 1041），我们发现具有较高未来意识的受访者报告了更强的亲环境行为（消费行为、土地管理、社会环保主义和环境公民）。事实证明，FC 比 Zimbardo Inventory 的未来时间视角和对未来后果的考虑量表（研究 1）更能预测亲环境行为。FC 还与更强的生物圈值有关（研究 2）。然而，它与个人环境足迹没有显著关系（来自 16 项计算器）。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。我们讨论了对旨在提高未来意识的未来思考研究和干预措施的影响。