How concerned are you about the global environment today? |
Very concerned:
57%
Concerned:
31%
Not that concerned:
9%
Not concerned at all:
2%
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Which of the following do you think is the most urgent environmental problem facing the world right now? |
Water pollution:
14%
Air pollution:
18%
Trash and landfills:
9%
Global warming:
45%
Endangered or vanished species:
5%
Contamination of the food supply:
9%
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Do you think the media generally exaggerate the threat of climate change from global warming or don't take the threat of climate change seriously enough? |
Exaggerate:
21%
Don't take seriously enough:
50%
About right:
30%
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In general, which political party do you trust more to handle the issue of global warming, the Democrats or the Republicans? |
Democrats:
66%
Republicans:
6%
They're about the same:
28%
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Overall, what grade would you give the St. Louis region's environmental efforts? |
A:
0%
B:
17%
C:
39%
D:
25%
F:
7%
Incomplete:
12%
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Overall, what grade would you give your own household's environmental efforts? |
A:
9%
B:
46%
C:
34%
D:
7%
F:
2%
Incomplete:
2%
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Comparing yourself to your friends, would you say that you are more or less environmentally friendly than they are? |
More conscious about the environment than my friends:
51%
Less conscious about the environment than my friends:
6%
About the same as my friends:
44%
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Which of the following feet best describes your carbon footprint? |
Sasquatch, the legendary Bigfoot:
4%
Average American man, size 10.5:
32%
Average American woman, size 8:
53%
Mickey Carroll, the possibly-mendacious Munchkin:
11%
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Do you drink bottled water or tap water? |
Mostly bottled water:
9%
Mostly tap water:
61%
I drink tap water from a plastic bottle that I refill:
28%
I rarely drink water:
2%
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Have you changed the light bulbs in your home or office to environmentally friendlier bulbs? |
Yes:
30%
Yes, some of them:
50%
No:
19%
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Which of the following criteria is most important to you in selecting an appliance? |
Style:
13%
Color:
1%
Price:
29%
Energy efficiency rating:
45%
Size:
6%
Brand name:
6%
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Which of the following things in your household are you most likely to take to a recycling center for disposal? |
Plastic things:
22%
Glass things:
6%
Paper things:
31%
Metal Things:
13%
Clothes, shoes:
7%
Electronic gear, bulbs, batteries:
6%
Chemicals, paints, glues:
10%
My spouse or partner:
4%
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Residents of Yokohama are required to sort their normal curbside trash into ten separate categories; most residents of San Francisco have to sort their normal curbside trash into three categories; most residents of St. Louis don't sort their normal curbside trash at all. What is the highest number of sorting categories that you think would be reasonable? |
Ten categories, or even more:
9%
Three — paper/glass/metal; food scraps; landfill:
72%
Two — metal; everything else:
5%
One — it's more efficient to sort trash at a recycling plant:
14%
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If you could secretly (and legally) replace the low-flow (or ultra-low flow) toilets in your house with conventional toilets, would you do so? |
Yes:
28%
No:
65%
I already have:
7%
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Do you ask for paper bags or plastic bags at the grocery store? |
Yes, paper:
20%
Yes, plastic:
36%
No, I bring my own bag or carry my stuff without bags:
24%
No, I take whatever type bags they give me:
20%
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Which of the following parental expressions of environmentalism did you hear most often? |
"Are you trying to heat the whole neighborhood?":
30%
"Turn out the lights when you leave!":
44%
"Shut the refrigerator, are you trying to cool the kitchen?":
14%
"Turn off the water when you finish washing!":
3%
"That's a waste of gasoline!":
9%
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Which of the following figures has done the most to call your attention to environmental issues? |
Mark Trail:
2%
Ralph Nader:
7%
Al Gore:
56%
Theodore Roosevelt:
5%
Captain Planet:
1%
Rachel Carson:
6%
Smokey Bear:
6%
Ted Nugent:
4%
Jacques Cousteau:
10%
Henry David Thoreau:
3%
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