Effective educational activities aimed at shaping pro-environmental behavior require knowledge of the characteristics of the group to which they are to be addressed and should therefore be preceded by a diagnosis of their needs. Apart from the characteristics of the individuals, the geo-political context in which we function also plays a role in human–environmental interactions. Therefore, to better understand their role, we conducted a study aimed at examining whether three basic psychological needs and political views were related to pro-environmental opinions in a unique geopolitical situation that took place in Poland in December 2021. A representative sample of 1241 adult Polish respondents, 52.7% of whom were female, took part in an anonymous quantitative survey, based on a survey questionnaire and conducted in a research panel. We found weak correlations between the basic psychological needs satisfaction and pro-environmental opinions, as well as a moderate positive correlation between left-wing political views and pro-environmental opinions. Moreover, a cluster analysis revealed a cluster of “needs satisfaction” and “needs frustration,” and these two clusters differed, given the higher pro-environmental opinions and left-wing political views in the “needs satisfaction” group. We discuss the results in the light of the basic psychological needs theory and implications for educational and sustainable development promotion practice. The beneficiaries of this study may include not only psychologists interested in the issues of human–environment relations in the context of basic needs but also people involved in the creation and implementation of educational pro-environmental policies or adult educators.

旨在塑造环保行为的有效教育活动需要了解其所针对的群体的特征，因此在开展活动之前应先诊断他们的需求。除了个人的特征之外，我们所处的地缘政治背景也在人类与环境的相互作用中发挥着作用。因此，为了更好地了解他们的作用，我们进行了一项研究，旨在检验 2021 年 12 月波兰发生的独特地缘政治局势中三种基本心理需求和政治观点是否与亲环境观点相关。 1241 名成年人的代表性样本波兰受访者（其中 52.7% 为女性）参加了一项基于调查问卷并由研究小组进行的匿名定量调查。我们发现基本心理需求满足与支持环保观点之间存在微弱的相关性，而左翼政治观点与支持环保观点之间存在适度的正相关。此外，聚类分析揭示了“需求满足”和“需求受挫”的聚类，这两个聚类是不同的，因为“需求满足”组中的亲环境观点和左翼政治观点较高。我们根据基本心理需求理论以及对教育和可持续发展促进实践的影响来讨论结果。这项研究的受益者可能不仅包括对基本需求背景下的人类与环境关系问题感兴趣的心理学家，还包括参与制定和实施教育亲环境政策的人或成人教育工作者。