A study of the environmental risk perceptions and environmental awareness levels of high school students

Environmental risk perception and environmental awareness survey

SECTION I

School :

Grade :

Age :

Gender :

Mother’s education level and occupation :

Father’s education level and occupation :

Do you eat healthily? :

Do you exercise regularly? :

Do you smoke? :

SECTION II

Please rate the risk levels of the environmental factors listed below.

Environmental factors	Not at all	Not very	Neutral	Somewhat	Very
Stress
Mobile phone
Smoking
Passive smoking
Global warming
HIV
Sedentary lifestyle
Nuclear wastes
Traffic accidents
Alcohol
Drugs
Battery and accumulator
Eating unhealthily
Soil pollution
Air pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
Waste
Cognitive diseases
Food additives

(Sedentary lifestyle: lifestyle of people with no or irregular physical activity)

SECTION III

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
1. Environmental education cannot be helpful in solving environmental problems. This is only possible through technology.
2. Environmental education classes must be added to high school curricula.
3. I would like to volunteer in an activity at our school related to environmental cleaning.
4. I believe environmental problems are exaggerated; nature will provide balance, in a way.
5. We must change our values and attitudes rather than solve environmental problems.
6. I would like to be a member of an environment protection team because this is the best way to understand the environment I live in.
7. People have to be informed to be aware of the effect of their behaviours on the environment.
8. Recently, regulations and the government have worked to get environmental pollution under control.
9. Societies with developed technology can ignore the noises coming from vehicles.
10. The benefit of the technological products used is more important than the harm they cause to the environment.
11. Economic growth is more important than environmental pollution.
12. Environmental education activities are useful only for children at young ages.
13. Individuals should adapt to the nature rather than changing it as per their needs.
14. People today have moral duties and obligations for people in the future.
15. A high-quality satisfactory life is more important than money and health.
16. I can give up my comfort and consume less, if it will help to protect the environment.
17. We can do many things to save energy.
18. While brushing my teeth, I turn off the faucet to save water.
19. I read books other than textbooks about the environment.
20. It makes me glad when people recycle used bottles, tin cans and paper.
21. When buying a product, I pay attention to whether the package can be recycled.
22. I share my knowledge about environment with my friends.
23. I watch and listen to programs about the environment on TV and the radio.
24. I go door to door to teach people recycling.
25. I prefer environmentally friendly products even if they are more expensive.
26. Turning off the lights when going out of the room does not provide much energy saving.
27. Human beings are not a part of nature.
28. I can work without pay if necessary for a liveable environment.
29. There is no erosion in our country anymore.
30. I warn without hesitation somebody who is harming nature.