Green Stats: 49
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 01. 8.08
49 -- the percent of Americans who said they intend to make a green resolution for 2008 in a recent national phone survey.
75 -- the percent who said they are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to reduce their home's energy consumption this year.
74 -- the percent who said they are likely to recycle more.
66 -- the percent who said they are likely to reduce household chemicals.
43 -- the percent who said they are likely to reduce their carbon footprint.
42 -- the percent who said they would carry reusable bags to the grocery store.
Some interesting takeaways from the survey, conducted by GfK Roper and released by Tiller, LLC: in general, the more involved or personally demanding an environmental responsibility, the lower the response. "Our desire for easy solutions relates to something we found in a survey we conducted on 'good works' at this time last year," said Tiller principal Traci Ayer. "Nine in 10 Americans say it's important to take actions in their personal lives (recycling, giving blood, conserving energy, etc.) to address social issues, but not nearly as many are actually doing so. We want to help, but between family and work, we're stretched thin. The easier we can make it for individuals to act on their good intentions, the better. There's a lesson in that for businesses looking to leverage the growing green sensibility."
Fifty-eight percent of Americans 18 to 24 said they would make a green New Year's resolution for 2008. That compares with 50% of Americans 50 to 64 and 40% of Americans 65 and up.
"There are, of course, shades of green. Younger respondents tend to be more environmentally focused than older ones," Rob Densen, Founder and CEO of Tiller, LLC., said. "We think that may be because they've grown up with heightened awareness of the environment and greater public discourse. Obviously, young people have a large stake in issues like climate change and sustainability of resources."
The telephone survey of 1,004 adults was conducted between December 7 and December 9, 2007 by the national polling firm of GfK Roper. All respondents were at least 18 years of age. The margin of error for the 1,004 interviews is +/-3.0%. ::PR Newswire via ::WorldChanging
Driving less, do this do that, if people in the US really want to make a difference they can do it more simple. Just slice that peace of meat in two. Meat consumption in the US is large and meat production is one of the major polutors.
It helps out in other ways as well:
1. less meat is less crops to feat the animals meant for meat. Even if you replace meat with vegetables in your diet you still would need less crops. Less crops for feeding means more crops for biofuels (but keep the cropprices low for those poor people in african countries who rely on the world market please)
More biofuels means less oil from those mean people who crap on your president.
2. less meat is less obicity (or however you spell that), less obicity means healthier people, healthier people means lower insurance. You get it...
ps. less weight means less fuel as well ;-)
If everyone in the US just eats less meat we don't bother about those big ugly SUV's your driving so much.