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The main objective of this pilot study was to investigate the general public\u2019s perceptions of sustainable physical activity and active transportation in the cities of G\u00e4vle (Sweden) and Maputo (Mozambique). Twelve semi-structured asynchronous e-mail interviews were subjected to content analysis. Findings indicated that participants knew what physical activity is and that they related it to general health and wellbeing. However, the majority were not familiar with the meaning of \u201csustainable physical activity\u201d or \u201cactive transportation.\u201d Furthermore, they did not know about the relationship between sustainable development and physical activity. The few participants who knew about active transportation said that it could contribute to reducing greenhouse gases. They mentioned barriers to active transportation in their respective cities, however, ranging from laziness (in the case of G\u00e4vle) to cultural norms and associations such as linking the use of active transportation to lacking the means to buy a motor vehicle (in Maputo). There is a need to integrate sustainability literacy with the already existing health and public health literacies to provide this knowledge to the general population. To this end, rather than creating new educational programmes for the public, the existing materials can be adjusted to include aspects of sustainability and sustainable health behaviours and lifestyles.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su152115354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,27]],"date-time":"2023-10-27T09:42:52Z","timestamp":1698399772000},"page":"15354","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Public Perceptions of Sustainable Physical Activity and Active Transportation: A Pilot Qualitative Study in G\u00e4vle and Maputo"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4415-7942","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gloria","family":"Macassa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Sports Science, Faculty of Occupational and Health Sciences, University of G\u00e4vle, Kungsbacksv\u00e4gen 47, 80176 G\u00e4vle, Sweden"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"366","DOI":"10.1111\/sms.12669","article-title":"Is there such a thing as sustainable physical activity?","volume":"27","author":"Torstveit","year":"2017","journal-title":"Scand. 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