Pollution Questionnaires

Pollution

Questionnaires

How to Boycott:

1. Look at the Questionnaires

2. Take on the Solutions

Instructions:

1.) Go through the questions quickly; GUESS at answers

2.) Don't get distracted by donation-asking

Both of these questionnaires can be confusing, especially for Americans. Don't worry. Fast'n'sloppy estimates are fine!

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1. Ecological Questionnaire (5 mins.): footprintcalculator.org/home/en

- When you get to the SUMMARY page - inside the pop-up box hit SKIP TO VIEW MY RESULTS

- Then click on See Details or FACTS AND FIGURES

- Above the How Do You Feel? box are 3 numbers

- Look for the middle number: Your Carbon Footprint (CO2 emissions in tonnes per year)

- Note the number, then come back here to take the second questionnaire

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2. Carbon Pollution Questionnaire (4 minutes): carbonindependent.org/

- In the Flights (q10.) section, substitute the US for the UK, or guesstimate annual in-air hours

- At the bottom, note the Your total number of tonnes CO2

- Did your # of tons (per year) match the estimate from the first questionnaire?

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How many tons of CO2e

pollution do you make

compared to others?

"Quantifying how much ... it takes

to support one’s lifestyle

helps us ... learn what we can do."

(from Science and the Global Environment, 2017; by Alan McIntosh and Jennifer Pontius)

You can re-take the questionnaires at any time,

but your personal pollution production won't start to decline

until you make Solutions happen. Go for it!