Environmental Survey


Instructions – This brief survey explores people’s opinions about environmental, resource management and sustainability topics. Please read all the statements in each section before marking your responses. Please select the single answer for each statement that best describes your opinion. This survey is part of a research project that explores people’s attitudes and values on these topics without linking them to any particular policy questions. As a reminder, any information that could be used to identify respondents will be kept strictly confidential.

Meeting environmental and resource management challenges requires the sacrifice some traditional liberties.







All new public policy challenges require the sacrifice of some traditional liberties.







I find it difficult to listen to opposing viewpoints on environmental and resource management issues.







I find it difficult to listen to any opinion articulated on environmental and resource management issues.







I would be willing to change my consumption patterns for the benefit of the environment and meeting resource management objectives.







Government, at some level, ought to do more to change people's consumption patterns for the benefit of the environment and meeting resource management objectives.







My religious faith and/or spiritual beliefs strongly influence my position on meeting environmental and resource management challenges.







My religious faith and/or spiritual beliefs strongly influence my position on questions of public policy in general.







I frequently keep abreast of environmental and policy issues through television news media, radio talk shows, and printed media.







I believe eco-terrorism is ethically/morally wrong.







I support acts of civil disobedience (i.e. trespassing & protesters chaining themselves to trees) in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals, but only in limited cases when more peaceful options have been exhausted.







I support acts of violence against persons in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals, but only in limited cases when more peaceful options have been exhausted.







I support acts of violence against property (i.e. monkey-wrenching) in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals, but only in limited cases when more peaceful option have been exhausted.







I consider myself to be a politically active person and frequently engage in practices to participate in the external political environment (i.e. attend political functions, write letters to my public officials, vote in all elections, etc.)







I support acts of violence against persons in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals any time.







I support acts of violence against property, defacing or sabotage (i.e. monkey -wrenching) in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals at any time.







I support acts of civil disobedience (i.e. trespassing & protesters chaining themselves to trees) in the cause of protecting the environment or vulnerable species of plants or animals any time.







I would support a candidate for elected office who I believed was a good choice, even if that person and I did not agree on environmental and recourse management issues.







I would support a candidate for elected office who I believed was a good choice, even if that person and I did not agree on some public policy issues.







Human beings have already caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole, but will within the next 50 years unless substantial changes occur.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole, nor will they within the next 50 years unless substantial changes occur.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole. Our actions in the next five years will dictate whether or not human beings will cause irreparable damage to the planet as a whole within the next 50 years.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole. Our actions in the next ten years will dictate whether or not human beings will cause irreparable damage to the planet as a whole within the next 50 years.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole. Our actions in the next fifteen years will dictate whether or not human beings will cause irreparable damage to the planet as a whole within the next 50 years.







Human beings have not yet caused irreparable damage to the planet as a whole. Our actions in the next twenty or more years will dictate whether or not human beings will cause irreparable damage to the planet as a whole within the next 50 years.







When making decisions, environmental and resource management concerns should necessarily be the single highest priority at all levels of government in the United States today.







When making decisions, environmental and resource management concerns should necessarily be a high priority, but not always the highest, at all levels of government in the United States today.







When making decisions, environmental and resource management concerns should not necessarily be a high priority at all levels of government in the United States today.







We cannot take any chances when it comes to environmental and recourse management issues. If in doubt, we must always protect the environment.







My views on environmental and resource management issues are well represented in American public life today, including various levels of government, the media, civil society organizations, national political parties and other organized political and social groups.







Instructions: The next few questions will ensure we get an accurate sample of the population.

What is your approximate age?







Indicate your gender.



Indicate your marital status.





Please indicate your approximate yearly household income before taxes. (Include total income of all adults living in your household.)







What was the last grade you completed in school?






Please indicate the number of children in your household under the age of 18.






Including yourself, how many persons are in your household?






Please indicate the race/ethnicity with which you most closely identify: