Date:

-- dd/mm/yy

Gender:

Male
Female

Your Degree:

Geography (Single Honours) Geography and Economics Geography and Anthropology Other

If Other Please Specify

Year (for the 2003-2004 academic year)

First
Second
Third

Nationality

Please rank the following topics in order or your interest on the news:

(From 1-7 with 1 for the most interesting topic out of the 7 and 7 for the least. i.e. you cannot have the same number twice)

(a) Business

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(b) Economics

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(c) Fashion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(d) Health

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(e) Politics

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(f) Science and Technology

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(g) Sports

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES & BEHAVIOUR

1) Do you belong to any clubs or societies within UCL?

Yes
No

If yes, for the one you participate most actively, how active are you in that club or society?

very active relatively active neither relatively inactive inactive

2) Are you a member of the Union's environmental society?

Yes
No

If yes, how active are you within the environmental society?

very active relatively active neither relatively inactive inactive

3) What images do you have of the Union's environmental societies and those people involved?

a)

Positive
Negative

b)

Moderate
Extreme

c)

No political ties
Political

d)

Hard-working  Nerdy         

e)

Fun
Boring

f)

Effective
Ineffective

g)

Organised
Lazy

4) State the degree of your concern for the following environmental issues:

a) Air Pollution

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

b) Biodiversity e.g. extinction of species

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

c) Climate change

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

d) Deforestation/conservation

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

e) Energy Use e.g. use of renewable energy

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

f) Food e.g. Genetically Modified, BSE, intensive agricultural production methods

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

g) Noise pollution

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

h) Ozone depletion

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

i) Waste generation and management e.g. excess packaging, recycling

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

j) Water-related e.g. availability, contamination

Very concerned Quite concerned Not concerned Don't know enough about it

k) Others

5) To what extent have the following factors/people influenced your environmental awareness?

a) Education

    i) Teachers from old school

    Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

    ii) Lecturers

    Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

b) Family members

Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

c) Friends

Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

d) Media

Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

e) Personal research

Very influenced Slightly influenced Not influenced

f) Others, please specify

g) None of the above

6) Do you see yourself as 'environmentally friendly'?

Very Reletively (compared to friends) Not really Definitely not

7) Are you as active as you wish to be in the field of environmental action? (this question is does not include only community level action but also personal every-day action)

Yes
No

8) Which of the following are you prepared to do?

a) Campaign actively for the University to become more environmentally friendly

Yes
No

b) Sign for a petition for the University to become more environmentally friendly

Yes
No

c) Financially support the Environmentally friendly society to do the campaigning

Yes
No

d) None of the above

9) What are the major constraints that stop you from being more active in the field of environmental action?

(Please rank the 5 factors in order of strength of constraint with 1 being the biggest constraint i.e. you cannot have the same number twice)

a) Time

1 2 3 4 5

b) Income

1 2 3 4 5

c) Your own time management skill (laziness etc.)

1 2 3 4 5

d) Other priorities (including lack of interest)

1 2 3 4 5

e) Lack of opportunity

1 2 3 4 5

Please suggest any other factors you see as major constraints, in order of significance

10) How often do you consciously do the following?

a) Buy recycled paper

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

b) Reuse and recycle paper

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

c) Reuse shopping bags

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

d) Buy goods with less packaging

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

e) Buy organic food

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

f) Buy food with eco-labeling or fair-trade sign

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

g) Participate in conservation activity

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

h) Financially support an association for the protection of the environment

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

i) Walk or use bicycles instead of cars

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

j) Use public transport instead of cars

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

k) Turn off lights in rooms when not in use

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

l) Consciously turn off taps when unnecessary

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

m) Turn off heating when not needed

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

n) Demonstrate against policies/projects that could harm the environment

Always As much as possible When it's convinient Sometimes Hardly ever Never

11) Please feel free to make any comment on this survey:

I hope I've got you to start thinking what difference you might be able to make!

Mieko Hama