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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Behaviour for Well-being, Environment and Life (BeWEL) was an Exploratory Research Network, funded for 12 months from July 2009, established to provide a new cross-disciplinary perspective on understanding individual pro-environment behaviour. The overall aim of the BeWEL exploratory network was to use an interdisciplinary approach to deepen our understanding of key drivers of, and barriers to, pro-environment behaviour change (‘sustainable behaviours’). Six fundamental, and complementary, research objectives (ROs) underpinned our network. These were to improve knowledge of: RO 1 - how people interact with natureRO 2 - how such interactions may influence personal well-beingRO 3 - the neuropsychological and physiological ‘signatures’ of personal well-beingRO 4 - how personal well-being derived from interactions with nature may influence propensity to engage in pro-environment behavioursRO 5 - lifespan changes in cognitive and neural functioning as factors that may influence propensity to engage in pro- environment behavioursRO 6 - the implications from the above for current conceptualisations of, and approaches to encouraging, pro-environment behaviourKey activities included: conducting pilot research projects analysing how interdisciplinary research can be evaluatedtesting a virtual research environment computing software designed to facilitate the work of interdisciplinary research teamsproducing short and accessible ‘state of understanding’ reports in key knowledge areashosting an early career researcher workshop and public engagement eventsThe data available from the UK Data Archive relates to part of the exploratory pilot project work. Data were collected by paper and online questionnaires to explore pro-environmental behaviour, nature interactions, personal well-being, personal values and socio-demographics. Further information is available from the BeWEL ESRC Award web page and the...