Abstract: This study aims to provide useful insights into the environmental behaviour of people living in Cankiri province, Turkey. 151 people were questioned in total. Study findings show that the ratio of people familiar with the concepts of Kyoto protocol (43.7%), sustainable development (17.9%) and carbon footprint (2.6%) is rather low. According to male respondents, traffic, housing and migration are the top three problems in their residence area while, female participants mentioned housing, air pollution and water pollution. The results of Chi-square test (χ2) indicates that there is a statistically significant relationship between gender (p = 0.012) and recycling symbols on packing packages and education (p = 0.002). Similarly, there is a statistically significant relationship between classifying garbage and gender (p = 0.016) or between classifying garbage and education (p = 0.004). In addition, residence (p = 0.001) and education (p = 0.001) have statistically significant relationship with not using the goods containing ozone-depleting substances. Environmental concepts and organisations are commonly known by male respondents, people residing in urban areas and individuals holding a university degree.