sustainable development

Comenius Project 2006/2007 Sustainable Development Environment and Consumption: 

Comenius Project 2006/2007 Sustainable Development Environment and Consumption Comparison of Survey Results The 16-18 years old population

Introduction: 

Introduction Here is an comparison of the survey results about environment and consumption attitudes. Students from SintermeertenCollege (Heerlen), Liceo Augusto (Rome) and Carl-Zeiss-Schule (Berlin) have made a questionaire. The results of the survey are not representative because every school has devided the population between 14 and 18 years in different groups. Also the number of questionairs is very small and the translation into the native language has been difficult. But the sense of the questions is the same. This is now a comparison of the results for the population about 16 till 18 years. The data are in per cent.

The Questions: 

The Questions 1) How much money are you given a month? 2) Where do you get the money from? 3) How many times a month do you go shopping? 4) What do you mainly spend your money on? 5) Which of the following words fit best to your purchase pattern? 6) Are you interested in the countries producing the articles you buy? 7) Do you usually read the label carefully when you buy your clothes? 8) When you meet someone, do you take notice what they are wearing? 9) Do you prefer branded clothes or just no-name clothes? 10) When you buy groceries are you influenced especially by: 11) Do you think media (e.g. advertising) has an influence on your purchase pattern? 12) How many times a month do you eat/stay a fast food restaurant? 13) When you go to supermarket, do you buy popular brands or ecological products? 14) Do you believe in “fair trade”? 15) I`d buy more ecologically if … 16) When you go from one room to another one, do you remember to switch off the light? 17) Do you use plastic bags more than once / one time? 18) At home do you use energy saving bulbs? 19) Do you collect your rubbish separately for recycling? 21) Do you know what causes the ozone hole? 20) Do you think your individual effort in ecological matters can really improve the situation? And what would you do to improve this situation?  

How much money can you use every month?: 

How much money can you use every month?

Where does this money come from? : 

Where does this money come from?

How many times a month do you go shopping?: 

How many times a month do you go shopping?

How do you mainly spend your money on?: 

How do you mainly spend your money on? * and electronics

Doing shopping, are you thougthfull or spontaneous ?: 

Doing shopping, are you thougthfull or spontaneous ?

Are you interested in the countries producing the articles you buy?: 

Are you interested in the countries producing the articles you buy?

Do you read the labes of the items which you buy?: 

Do you read the labes of the items which you buy?

When you meet someone, do you notice what they are wearing?: 

When you meet someone, do you notice what they are wearing?

Do you prefer branded clothes or no-name clothes: 

Do you prefer branded clothes or no-name clothes

When you buy groceries/food are you influenced especilly by ...: 

When you buy groceries/food are you influenced especilly by ...

Do you think media(e.g. advertising) has an influence on your perchase pattern?: 

Do you think media(e.g. advertising) has an influence on your perchase pattern?

How many times a month do you stay in a fast food restaurant?: 

How many times a month do you stay in a fast food restaurant?

Do you prefer brand products or ecological products?: 

Do you prefer brand products or ecological products?

Do you believe in „Fair Trade“?: 

Do you believe in „Fair Trade“?

I would buy more ecological if ...: 

I would buy more ecological if ...

Changing the room, do you remember to switch off the light?: 

Changing the room, do you remember to switch off the light?

Do you reuse plastic bags?: 

Do you reuse plastic bags?

At home do you use energy saving bulbs?: 

At home do you use energy saving bulbs?

Do you collect your rubbish saperately for recycling?: 

Do you collect your rubbish saperately for recycling?

Do you know what causes the ozone hole?: 

Do you know what causes the ozone hole?

Do you think your personal effort in ecological matters can really improve the situation?: 

Do you think your personal effort in ecological matters can really improve the situation?

What would you do to improve the situation?: 

What would you do to improve the situation? Heerlen: education, saving bulbs, carpooling, colleting rubbish seperately, going by bicycle instead of car/bus Rome: more information, spread the use of alternative forms of energy, make efficient the puplic transport system, increase the green areas in the city, collect seperately litter and rubbish, walk instead of drive for short distances Berlin: drive more less by car - use more the public transport system, reduce the sandby function of electronics, reduce the plastic packing material