Monday 23 September 2019

What do people in Cambridge think about climate change?

On Saturday some of us from the energy group held a stall at a Community Cleanup Day in East Chesterton. These events are organised by the council. They bring in skips where you can dump stuff that is too large for the household waste bins and they have a bring and take table for stuff that someone else might want. Doing a stall at these events is interesting because they draw in all sorts of people - everyone likes a good rummage to see what they can have for free.

We were trying out a new survey I devised to engage people with. I find surveys useful because (a) people like it when you listen to their opinions and (b) they make you think. This survey had three questions – but lots of possible answers. The three questions were:

  • What concerns you about climate change?
  • What are we doing for climate change?
  • What should the government be doing?