|
The different graphs and table below show
the results of the survey conducted. 72 people took it altogether.
- You are clear about GLOBAL
WARMING, the problem that Earth faced today.
Strongly Agreed: 46
(64%)
Agreed: 22
(31%)
Neutral: 3 (4%)
Disagreed: 0
(0%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)

- You are clear about
POLLUTION, the problem that Earth faced today.
Strongly Agreed: 43
(60%)
Agreed: 26
(36%)
Neutral: 2 (3%)
Disagreed: 0
(0%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)

- You are clear about OZONE
DEPLETION, the problem that Earth faced today.
Strongly Agreed: 40
(56%)
Agreed: 22
(36%)
Neutral: 4 (6%)
Disagreed: 1
(1%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)
- You recycle at least once
in a week (throwing unwanted products into recycling bins etc.)
Strongly Agreed: 13
(18%) Agreed:
28 (39%)
Neutral: 17 (24%)
Disagreed: 6
(8%)
Strongly disagreed: 8 (11%)
- You think the government
should play a role in making people practice the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle)
Strongly Agreed: 37
(51%)
Agreed: 26
(36%)
Neutral: 7 (10%)
Disagreed: 2
(3%)
Strongly disagreed: 0 (0%)
- You think you are wasting
our Earth’s resources (EG paper, electricity)
Strongly Agreed: 13
(18%)
Agreed: 29 (40%)
Neutral: 25 (35%)
Disagreed: 3
(4%)
Strongly disagreed: 2 (3%)
- You find it hard to
conserve our Earth’s resources.
Strongly Agreed: 24
(33%)
Agreed: 18
(25%)
Neutral: 23 (32%)
Disagreed: 6
(8%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)
- You think you are
contributing to the problems Earth is facing.
Strongly Agreed: 8
(11%)
Agreed: 40 (56%)
Neutral: 19 (26%)
Disagreed: 4
(6%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)
- You are willing to change
your habits despite the many challenges.
Strongly Agreed: 20
(28%)
Agreed: 33 (46%)
Neutral: 15 (21%)
Disagreed: 3
(4%)
Strongly disagreed: 1 (1%)
- You choose eco-friendly
products that will not harm the earth instead of normal product.
Strongly Agreed: 9
(13%)
Agreed: 23
(32%)
Neutral: 30 (42%)
Disagreed: 8
(11%)
Strongly disagreed: 2 (3%)
- You take part in
environmental events and watch films like “The 11th
Hour” that talks about our environment.
Strongly Agreed: 11
(15%)
Agreed: 18
(25%)
Neutral: 24 (33%)
Disagreed: 10
(14%)
Strongly disagreed: 9 (13%)

- You think that the change
Earth is facing is very serious and will affect the future generation.
Strongly Agreed: 52
(72%)
Agreed: 17
(24%)
Neutral: 3 (4%)
Disagreed: 0
(0%)
Strongly disagreed: 0 (0%)

- Do you have any
other comments? (below are a few comments)
- Don't usually watch environmental
films unless someone gives it to me or I see it on Discovery channel.
Does using rough paper a habit cause that's my only real "eco-friendly"
habit.
- It is difficult for the government to
make people practise the 3Rs
- The problem with this issue is that
most of us all know it, but we don't do anything to help because: 1.
Either we can't be bothered or it isn't absolutely important to us. 2.
The general sentiment is that it's good, but somehow appears 'uncool'.
- The problems on the Earth are far too
much.
- We should respect each
other’s point of view towards saving the Earth. Some people
think that earth is really just a place to spend the living. It is just
a place to enjoy the journey of life so you cannot say people waste
products; it is just because they wanted to make use of this stuff so
they can have a wonderful lifetime and not going to heaven without
enjoying earth first. You cannot put them to jail if they do not want
to help the Earth, isn't true? Others may think that we should reduce,
reuse and recycle, but I think that for example we recycle 20 million
tons of plastic each day for everyone on earth, but still, factories
and power plants in the whole wide world used up 20 million tons of
fossil fuels at the same time, so are we really helping Earth? How can
we save the Earth? It is a big problem. For example the ozone layer has
holes now and trapping 20% of the Sun's energy, when we recycle,
reduce, reuse, are we really helping because the holes are still there,
not as if we can stitch up the holes or anything, the atmosphere is
still trapping tons of heat energy even if we do the 3r's, by then, the
Earth will have a extreme high temperature like Venus. Another point is
that, even if we save the Earth, there may be other disasters
destroying the Earth, like asteroids. Scientists say that by a few
decades more, there will be a nearing asteroid there may have the
possibility to crash on earth, resulting in massive destruction. It is
also said that by 2.5 billion years, the Sun is going to "explode" and
"consuming" the earth as a result. All these disasters are very serious
as they can cause the Earth to be vanished, so anyway the earth is
going to "die" should we give a helping hand? You may say that by
saving Earth at least we can help the Earth "live" longer or let our
sons and daughters to have a chance to live, but the Earth is going to
die sooner or later, maybe after 2.5 billions years or so, we will
still be vanished. Although this may be the case, to me, I will still
help the Earth, as it is our home, there is no reason to destroy our
own "house" so we must protect it.
- We could help in reduction of wastage
of natural resources by rationing, e.g. each household should be
limited to usage of certain amount of water, electricity, petrol, etc
monthly. This measures may caused a lot of inconvenience to consumers,
however, critical situation needs harsh measures to be introduced.
Otherwise, we can never win the fight against global warming.Not
really. But I think that although we sort of want to help in preventing
global warming and everything, it is really hard to suddenly change our
habit of like maybe bathing for an hour and a half.
|