QUESTION: ARE YOU ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED OR COMMITTED??

Have you ever been to the beach? forest? a tropical rainforest? a temperate rainforest? a lake? a mountain?

If you choose where to take a vacation, would you go to a wilderness place over a populated place?

What recreation activities do you like?

Do you prefer to camp than stay in a hotel/motel?

Do any of these activities take place outdoors? in wilderness?

Do you engage mainly in outdoor recreational activities which are human powered?

Do you smoke cigarettes? If yes, what do you do with your cigarette butts if you smoke outside?

Do you own and drive a car? For what purposes do you use your car?

Are you seldom in your car alone?

Do you use public transportation? If so, how many times a week?

Do you walk to do local errands instead of using your car?

Do you carpool?

Are you interested in buying an electric car?

Does your home use an alternative energy source, e.g. biomass, solar or wind?

What are environmental problems you are aware of associated with the following energy sources:

electricity,

fossil fuels (oil),

wood or coal.

Do you turn down the heat when you go to sleep?

Do you turn off lights when you leave a room?

Do you let it mellow when its yellow, and flush it down when its brown?

Do you look at the packaging before buying a product?

Do you consider where the product was made?

Do you buy food in bulk items?

Do you bring bags with you when you go grocery shopping or other shopping excusions?

Do you recycle?

If so, what do you recycle?

Do you try to reuse containers?

Do you try to reuse paper?

Do you compost?

Do you pick up other people’s litter?

Do you turn the water off when you are brushing your teeth?

Do you wash your dishes using a tub instead of letting the water run?

Do you only run your dishwasher when it is full?

Do you buy organic foods?

Do you buy second hand clothes?

Do you use baking soda and vinegar for cleaning products?

Do you buy rechargeable batteries?

Do you buy products which do not require batteries but instead are manually operated?

Do you buy beeswax candles instead of paraffin?

Do you buy non-leather products?

Do you bring hazardous domestic waste material to a collection and disposal site?

Do you have a low water showerhead installed?

Do you buy low energy use light bulbs?

Do you buy free range eggs/chicken?

Did you have pets when you grew up? Do you have a pet now? Do you want to have a pet during your life?

Do you eat red meat? Do you eat chicken? Do you eat fish? Do you fish/hunt for the meat/fish you eat?

Do you avoid eating or buying processed foods?

Do you not frequent fast food outlets?

Are you a vegetarian?

Are you a vegan?

Do you value large animals, such as deer, differently from small animals, such as insects?

Do you value humans on an equal level to other animals?

Do you believe animals have a right to exist in and of themselves?

Do you believe animals are for humans to use as they see fit?

Do you or have you ever grown a garden? a vegetable garden or a flower garden?

Have you spent time on a farm? If so, how much time?

Do you always have houseplants in your residence?

Do you know what organic refers to?

What does genetically modified mean? Do you seek out non genetically modified food items?

What environmental groups do you know of? List them

Have you ever given money to such a group?

Have you ever signed a petition for such a group?

Have you ever gone to a demonstration for such a group?

Have you ever gone to a lecture or public forum organized by such a group?

Were you ever a member of an environmental group or club at school or outside of school?

If so, what activities did you do with the group?