RENEWABLES ROADSHOW PRE QUESTIONNAIRE:

YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
The following questionnaire is about climate change and environmental sustainability and will help us to evaluate the activities of the Roadshow.

This work is supported by the EPSRC in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Heriot - Watt University and De Montfort University.

Please complete the questionnaire and then press the 'Send form' button at the end.

If you have any questions about the questionnaire or the work, then please contact Rhoda Trimingham rtrimingham@dmu.ac.uk at De Montfort University.

 

About you:

First name

Last name

Age

Male/Female

School or College

Email address

 

Q1. What do you think causes climate change?

 
Yes
No
Don't Know

Emissions from cars/vans/buses

Air pollution

Aerosols

Global warming

Destruction of rainforests, cutting down trees

Burning fossil fuels for energy

Using fuels in vehicles

Hole in the ozone layer

Carbon (dioxide) emissions

Greenhouse gases/effect

 

Q2. How much do you think that climate change...(please tick one box per row)

 
Not at all
Not Very
Fairly
Very
Don't Know
...is due to human behaviour?

...is due to YOUR behaviour?

...is something you should worry about?

...is something that will effect you?

 

Q3. Can you briefly describe the following:

A Wind Turbine

Solar Heating

Photovoltaic cells

 

Q4. How much do you think these different people can help slow climate change?

 
A lot
A little
Very little
Not at all
The Government
Big companies
Environmental groups
Engineers and Scientists
Small companies
Your school
People in your town or village
People your age
Your family
You yourself

 

Q5. To what extent are you interested in the following? (please tick one box per row)

 
Not at all
Not Very
Fairly
Very
Don't Know
Saving energy?

Renewable energy?

Studying science and engineering?

The work of scientists and engineers?

A career in science or engineering?

 

Q6. What do you think about scientists and engineers? Are they?

 
1
2
Neutral
3
4
  
Secretive

Open
Young

Old

Female

Male

Clever

Not very clever

Interesting

Boring

Well paid

Badly paid

Have lots of friends

Lonely

Skilled

Unskilled

Very practical

Not very practical

Creative

Not creative

 

Q7. How relevant is Science and Engineering to... (please tick one box per row)

 
Not at all
Not Very
Fairly
Very
Don't Know
...your everyday life?

...to tackling climate change?

 

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