HOW GREEN ARE YOU?Children

H.Sessions03.02.15

In order to reduce the damage caused by useless plastic on earth I:

a) recycle the plastic carrier bags we get from the supermarketb) remind my parents to reuse the carrier bags whenever they go shoppingc) encourage my parents to ask for paper bags if possibled) don’t think about it

We asked 176 children and this is what we found

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137 said a!

We are green!

37 said b! 0 said d!2 said

c!

In order to help to save the trees on earth I:

a) recycle all the paper I canb) write on scrap paper when making notesc) write on both sides of the paperd) don’t think about it

We asked 176 children and this is what we found

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171 said a!

We are green!

171 said b! 5 said d!171 said

c!

In order to contribute to the saving of electricity I:

a) shut down my computer/TV at home when I am not using itb) make sure the computers at school are shut down when not in usec) let my computer/TV go into sleep mode so that I don’t have to

bother waiting for it to turn back ond) sometimes leave my computer/TV turned on

We asked 176 children and this is what we found

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152 said a!

We are green! But some could be better.152 said

b! 7 said d!17 said c!

What do you do with your rubbish?

a) Throw it in the correct recycling bin b) Throw it in the nearest bin c) Throw it on the floord) Don’t think about it

We asked 176 children and this is what we found

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124 said a!

176 said b! 0 said d!20 said

c!

We are mostly green but sometimes it depends where we are

When we say ‘global warming’ you say:

a) What can we do about it to stop it getting worse?b) I would like it to get warmer.c) I know that it harms polar bears but not sure how.d) I don’t know anything about it.

We asked 176 children and this is what we found

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94 said a!

We are not sure but would like to be green!

176 said b! 82 said

d!94 said c!

We think that we

are quite green butstill have a few things to learn.

Please can you help us

Green Team?

So the results say: