The Green Sanctuary Team encourages all UUCSH members and friends to take this survey. This survey is designed to create an
overall picture of the current environmental awareness and personal
activities of congregational members and friends that can affect the environment.
You may be asked to take the survey again in one to three years from now
in order to assess any changes in the overall picture. This is one step in attaining the church's Green Sanctuary certification.
INSTRUCTIONS: The survey is anonymous and its accuracy depends on honest responses. Please indicate your one best answer to each question.
1. Are you a member or supportive friend of UUCSH?
2. How worthwhile is it to reduce/reuse/recycle used products?
- Quite
- Somewhat
- Not at all
- No opinion
3. How often do you use reusable shopping bags made without plastic materials?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- Not Applicable (N/A)
4. How much of your compostable vegetable waste, leaves, and/or grass do you compost/use for mulch?
- All of it
- Most of it
- Some of it
- None of it
- N/A
5. How often do you buy used goods and/or give away/sell unwanted items?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- N/A
6. How often do you use reusable tableware rather than disposable tableware?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- N/A
7. How much of your recyclable disposable cardboard is collected as recyclables?
- All of it
- Most of it
- Some of it
- None of it
- N/A
8. What portion of your recyclable disposable glass jars, glass bottles and metallic (steel/aluminum) food and beverage cans are collected as recyclables?
- All of it
- Most of it
- Some of it
- None of it
- N/A
9. What portion of your used recyclable plastic bags are reused/collected for recycling ?
10. What portion of your disposable recyclable paper, including newspaper, phone books, and/or junk mail is collected for recycling?
11. What portion of your disposable #1, #2, #3, #4, and/or #5 plastics are collected for recycling?
12. Have you taken/sent any batteries, light bulbs, packing materials, and/or electronic waste to be recycled during the past year?
13. How worthwhile is it to conserve energy and natural resources?
- Quite
- Somewhat
- Not at all
- No opinion
14. How often do you disconnect any electronic devices when not in use?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- N/A
15. Have you ever improved the insulation/weatherization of your home?
16. Do you use low-flow shower heads and/or toilets?
17. How often do you take short showers instead of baths?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- N/A
18. Do you insulate your hot water heater?
19. Do you purchase solar/wind energy credits from an electricity supplier?
20. If you garden, do you collect rainwater for garden use?
21. Do you turn off outside lights when not needed?
22. How often do you try to use the minimum amount of energy, especially that generated from coal, oil and natural gas?
23. Do you keep your automobile tires properly inflated?
24. How often do you normally run errands via public transportation,walking, bicycling, etc. rather than using your own gasoline-fueled vehicle?
- Never
- Once weekly
- Twice weekly
- Three times weekly
- More than three times weekly
- N/A
25. How worthwhile is it to do what you can to protect the environment?
- Quite
- Somewhat
- Not at all
- No opinion
26. Have you released any helium balloons during the past year?
27. Did you know that helium balloons released into the open air kill wild animals that try to consume them?
28. How many polystyrene products (example - Styrofoam), including cups that hold cold and
hot drink purchases, would you estimate that you have bought in the past
year?
- None
- 1-7
- 8-30
- 31-365
- More than 365
29. Did you know that polystyrene plastic products (example - Styrofoam) contribute to ozone destruction in the upper atmosphere?
30. How often do you normally avoid acquiring products containing plastics that may shed microplastics (plastic particles that are the size of or even smaller than a sesame seed) or (as in the case of plastic glitter) are already microplastics?
31. Are you aware that microplastics (plastic particles that are the size of or even smaller than a sesame seed), including glitter and fallout from fabrics, are being consumed by birds, fish, and so forth?
32. If you were aware of which fish species are endangered, would you avoid consuming them?
33. How often do you purchase food grown without GMOs and without unhealthful human-made chemicals?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- Don't know/don't care
- Don't know, but want to
34. Would you like to learn more about how to protect wild native species (non-invasive plants and animals)?
35. How often do you dispose of non-recyclable waste in a responsible manner?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- Don't know
36. If you do automotive repair/maintenance, do you know how to recycle used automotive fluids?
37. Are you aware that there are environmentally friendlier cleaning
agent alternatives that can be used instead of those containing
potentially harmful man-made synthetic chemicals?
38. When you clean, how often do you use environmentally friendlier cleaning agents?
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- Don't know
- N/A
39. Are you aware that a net decrease in the total number of mature healthy
trees may result in a greater concentration of carbon in the earth's
atmosphere and oceans?
40. Do you think that the earth's human population expansion threatens environmental quality, especially for future generations?
