17 Mar 2011

Interview with elder person about environmental awareness:

1. How has the environmental awareness been changed during your life time?
Answer: It has changed very much. People think about the environment more nowadays than they did before. One example of that is waste sorting that didn't exist before.

2. What has changed for you personally and in the society?
Answer: House paintings has become water-soluble, which is better for the environment and also more healthy for the person who paints. Waste sorting affects how I throw your garbage and I buy low energy lamps now, which I didn't do before.

3. How do you look at the future?
Answer: I think that more and more cars that doesn't release so much gas are going to be produced. I also think that it's going to be harder demands on emissions from the industries since they stands for about 80% of all the emissions.

4. Are you being affected of the information from the media?
Answer: Sort of, it increase the awareness.

5. What suggestions do you have on a changed world?
Answer: As I said, I think it should be harder demands on emissions from the industries. I also think that each individual has to take their own responsibility. For example you don't have to buy five pairs of shoes in one year or take a half hour shower in hot water every day.