Are GEES students ‘good environmental citizens’?

Figures & data

Table 1 Summary of environmental practices of questionnaire respondents by subject and year group. Values are given as percentages.

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always	Missing
How often do you recycle?
All data	2	7	25	47	18	1
Non-GEES	0	0	40	45	15	0
Yr 1 GEES	0	10	27	43	20	0
Yr 3 GEES	3	9	19	50	16	3
How often do you take your own bag to a supermarket rather than use a carrier?
All data	22	16	28	21	13	1
Non-GEES	15	25	25	30	5	0
Yr 1 GEES	25	13	25	23	13	0
Yr 3 GEES	25	16	28	13	16	3
How often do you buy organic food where available?
All data	18	31	29	18	3	2
Non-GEES	5	35	20	30	5	5
Yr 1 GEES	25	32	25	17	2	0
Yr 3 GEES	22	28	34	9	3	3
How often do you buy Fairtrade products where available?
All data	12	27	35	15	10	2
Non-GEES	5	20	20	25	30	0
Yr 1 GEES	17	27	38	15	2	2
Yr 3 GEES	9	31	34	6	13	6

Figure 1 “There are more pressing global issues (eg. Aids epidemics) than environmental issues”

Figure 2 “How would you rate yourself as an ‘environmental citizen’?”

Figure 3 “I am sick of being told about climate change”

Figure 4a “Humans are too insignificant to affect the global climate”

Figure 4b “Individual actions can make a difference to climate change”