Table C.5: Pro-environmental behaviours survey questions.

Now you will be asked about some environmental behaviours. Please answer hon-
estly - remember the answers to this survey are anonymous.

Thinking back over the past year, how often do you:

1. Take shorter showers to save water Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
2. Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
3. Wash only full loads of clothes Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always /NA
4. Run the dishwasher only when full Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always / NA
5. Fix or report leaks when you notice them Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always / NA
6. Use the half flush button on the toilet Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
when available Always
7. Put rubbish in the bin Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
8. Place cigarette butts in the bin Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always / NA
9. Recycle glass, hard plastics, paper and Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
cans Always
10. Use public transportation Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
11. Ride a bicycle for transportation Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
12. Choose to buy an organic option for a Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
product if it is available Always
13. Choose to buy a product on the basis Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
that it has less packaging than a similar prod- Always
uct
14. Turn the lights off when leaving a room Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always
15. Use re-usable bags when shopping Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Often /
Always

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Table C.6: New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) survey questions (Dunlap et al., 2000).

Listed below are statements about the relationship between humans and the envi-
ronment. For each one, please indicate whether you STRONGLY AGREE, MILDLY
AGREE, are UNSURE, MILDLY DISAGREE or STRONGLY DISAGREE with it.
1. We are approaching the limit of the number of people the earth can support.
2. Humans have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs.
3. When humans interfere with nature it often produces disastrous consequences.
4. Human ingenuity will insure that we do NOT make the earth unlivable.
5. Humans are severely abusing the environment.
6. The earth has plenty of natural resources if we just learn how to develop them.
7. Plants and animals have as much right as humans to exist.
8. The balance of nature is strong enough to cope with the impacts of modern
industrial nations.
9. Despite our special abilities humans are still subject to the laws of nature.
10. The so-called ecological crisis facing humankind has been greatly exaggerated.
11. The earth is like a spaceship with very limited room and resources.
12. Humans were meant to rule over the rest of nature.
13. The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset.
14. Humans will eventually learn enough about how nature works to be able to
control it.
15. If things continue on their present course, we will soon experience a major
ecological catastrophe.

Dunlap, R. E., K. D. Van Liere, A. G. Mertig, and R. E. Jones (2000). Measuring

endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A revised NEP scale. Journal of Social
Issues 56 (3), 425{442.

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