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Quiz: how green are you?
Here is a quiz to see how green you are and how well informed you are about the environment. Score one point for every “yes” answer.
1. Do you read the list of ingredients on the food you buy?
2. Do you take a shower instead of bath?
3. Have you planted at least one tree?
4. Do you feed birds or squirrels in winter?
5. Do you insulate your house in winter to save heat?
6. Do you switch off the lights if nobody needs them on?
7. Does your school/college/home use recycled paper?
8. If you have ever organized campaigns on environmental issues, score 5.
9. For short journeys, do you regularly walk, if you can?
10. For long journeys, do you regularly use a bike or public transport?
11. If your family has a car, does it run on unleaded petrol?
12. If your family does not have a car, score 2.
13. Do you buy ozone-friendly aerosols?
14. If you don’t buy aerosols at all, score 5.
15. Do you buy cruelty-free products? (Those not tested on animals).
16. If you have ever written to a manufacture to complain about their products, score 5.
17. Do you belong to any environmental organization?
18. Can you name one endangered species?
19. Do you take bottles to the bottle bank?
20. Do you collect aluminium cans for recycling?
21. Do you collect paper for recycling?
22. If you are a non-smoker, score 3.
23. Coming back from the forest or from the beach, do you always take your litter with you?
How do you score:
Add your scores to discover if you are:
Very pale green – scores under 5
Light green – scores 6-16
Mid-green – scores 17-27
Dark-green – scores 28-38
Very pale green or It was not my idea to do this quiz…
There is a whole green world awaiting you. Read on, read on.
Light green or Maybe I don’t feel so good about my can of deodorant
If you are light green you’ve already begun to notice that some parts of your lifestyle are not environment friendly. You make sure your aerosols don’t contain CFCs, but you like to drive a car. You wouldn’t think twice about throwing away paper, cans and bottles. You are a bit curious about all the fuss over environment problems and definitely want to find out more as long as it not too difficult. You realize that it is a good move to be green and you should definitely read on and grow greener.
Mid-green or What comes after the ozone layer?
If you are mid-green you are really thinking about the way the planet operates and yet you know that everything you do – good or bad – will rebound on us sooner or later. You have made some changes to your lifestyle already. You always try to buy cruelty-free cosmetics and you never buy aerosols. You probably insisted that your family can run on lead-free petrol and you want them to buy environmentally friendly washing-up liquid. You often watch environment programmes on television. You may be thinking about joining an environmental group. Now is the time to take the leap and become an active green. Join a group and make an impact.
Dark green or I put the planet first
If you are dark green you take environmental issues very seriously and try to live in a world that does not damage the environment. You like to plant trees and take care of birds. You don’t pick wild flowers and never kill wild animals. You use recycled paper but are constantly frustrated with the lack of recycling facilities in your area. You might be a member of an environmental organization and you have already taken part in some actions. Your friends think you are a bit obsessive, but you have noticed that recently they have been coming around to your way of thinking. At times you feel completely enraged and overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. Take a break and have some fun. Be cheered by the fact, that people are becoming more aware and there will be changes. What you do does count!
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Rub your eyes and look around,
Litter lying on the ground,
Bottles, cans and polythene –
Take the tip and change to green!
Forests going up in smoke,
Cities fit to make you choke,
Nowhere left to be that’s clean -
Take a breath and change to green!
Animals and plants have died,
People starve to feed our pride,
For the life that might have been
Take a stand and change to green!
There’s so much that isn’t right,
It could get you well uptight,
So make a start and change the scene -
The lights are flashing – change to green!
Friends Of The Earth
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