Here are the analyses of the 2 surveys made in January 2012 and January 2013.
Thank you for answering the questions and asking your friends and family to answer these questions as well
ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS
OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT
FOR THE 8 COMENIUS
PARTNERS
Aim : When our 8 Comenius
partners decided to do a survey about the attitudes of children in
each school and their parents as far as recycling and green behaviour
were concerned , we intended to compare these behaviours at the
beginning of our project in December 2011 and near the end of our
project in January 2013. We hoped that our actions would help our
students and their parents become aware of the importance of
preserving our environment tanks to very simple actions.
Protocol We
asked 40 simple questions to the same persons in December 2011
and January 2013. Our 8 partners had agreed on the appropriate
questions that could apply in our 8 countries.
We chose a sample of 100 people in each
country. This number varied in January 2013 because some of our
students had left the school and could not be reached.
The results for the 2011 and the 2013
surveys are given in percentage.
Results We decided not to
compare our countries with one another as a lot of factors interact
in each country that individuals cannot control ( for example are
there enough national or regional incentives in each country to
encourage / favour recycling and alternative energies? )
We decided to analyse the data for each
country and to see which country improved a lot .
We must say that we did not intend
to make a competition between countries but to educate our students
in each country as much as we could.
FRANCE
improved their behaviour :
- more people know what carbon
footprint is from 53 % up to 70%.
- almost everyone recycles paper
( except for 3 %)
- more people empty paper recycling
bins at school ( 29% up to 71%)
- many more people recycle paper at
school ( from 37 up to 94%)
- almost everyone
recycles glass , from 74% up to 99%
-
almost everyone recycles plastic from 73% to 99%
- more
people have a garden and a place to compost
- 20% more
people recycle batteries , mainly in shops
- more people
always recycle ink cartridges
-saving
electricity : more
people turn off their appliances ( from 14% up to 39% ) or turn off
the lights when they leave a room ( 47 to 70%)
- the
temperature in houses is 19° but they use gas rather than
electricity
-
saving water
: more people turn off the tap when they wash their teeth or wash
their hair
-
the number of people having a shower doubled ( 47% to 87%)
- fewer
people have a bath
- fewer
people eat meat
-
as more pupils live closer to school ( 36% to 47% ) they walk more or
take public transport
- many more
people use their own bags to go shopping
did no better
: - they have the same number of cars
-
as many people "do it yourself "
- as many
people use public transport to go on small errands
did worse : -
more people take their cars to go on small errands
Recycling paper was one of the main
action at school and it did work !
The city also encourages people to
recycle , having massive advertising campaigns , which explains why
people are aware of the benefits of recycling
All in all we can say that improving
one's behaviour and changing one's habits take a long time , but we
know that our actions and our schools will go on after the end of our
Comenius project. We are proud of our students who did their best to
take part in this new way of being citizens of the world respectful
of their environment.
We can notice it is easier to recycle
when students and the population are given the means to recycle ,
such as bins or efficient collections of the goods that can be
recycled.
To conclude even if the results may not
be as good as we expected them to be , we can say that we also are
confident in the snowball effect of our survey, as people talked to
each other about recycling and new ways of consuming or reducing
their consumption.
Ces deux enquêtes réalisées sur des échantillons de 100 personnes à un an d'intervalle ( janv.2012 et janv. 2013) montrent des comportements plus citoyens, conscients de l'enjeu environnemental. Les personnes interrogées ont recyclé davantage , ont essayé de marcher ou de prendre les transports en commun ou leur vélo à la place d'une voiture lorsque c'était possible, mais il reste des progrès à effectuer ...
Le recyclage du papier a beaucoup progressé au Lycée Pierre d'Ailly, les élèves utilisent les bacs bleus et se servent des brouillons mis à leur disposition.
A la maison on essaie d'économiser l'électricité et l'eau.
Brava à tous !
Sunday, July 14th
Ratece , Pec where three borders meet Austria, Italy and Slovenia , 
Repas dans un restaurant traditionnel
