The 6th class of 7th Primary school of Giannitsa conducted a small survey about sustainable living habits among students. 25 students were given a questionnaire to collect information about their household's use of resources like electricity, water, and recycling habits. The results of the survey showed that while students were aware of sustainability and tried to reduce waste, there is still room for improvement in reducing energy and water consumption.

1. The 6th class of 7th Primary
school of Giannitsa conducted
a small survey about
sustainable life at home.
25 of the students were
given a questionnaire to be
answered. Working together,
we collated the answers and
here are the results…..

2. 1. Do you use detergents
--which are in a condensed form? (19)
--which are the cheaper no matter the packaging ? (6)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1α 1β

3. 2. Do you use
--kitchen paper? (2)
--a cotton kitchen towel ? (11)
-- both of them (12)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Ρολό χαρτί κουζίνας υφασμάτινες
πετσέτες
και τα δύο

4. 3. Do you leave the appliances such as TV, DVD, cell phone
chargers, hair dryers, etc. plugged in?
--yes (18)
--no (7)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
ναι όχι

5. 4. Do you create a compost pile in your backyard or indoors to
convert small quantities of organic materials, such as yard
trimmings and food scraps?
--yes (6)
--no (19)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
ναι όχι

6. 5. What do you prefer?
--having a shower (21)
--having a bath (4)
0
5
10
15
20
25
ντουζ μπάνιο στην μπανιέρα

7. 6. For cooling the house, you have
--an air conditioning system (9)
--a fan on the ceiling (6)
--nothing at all (10)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
κλιματιστικό ανεμιστήρα τίποτα από τα δύο

8. 7. In your house, in order to have hot water, is there
-- a solar water heater (a panel on the roof to
collect solar energy)? (3)
-- an electric water heater? (12)
-- both of them? (10)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
ηλιακός
θερμοσίφωνας
θερμοσίφωνας
ρεύματος
και τα δύο

9. 8. Do you have energy-saving light bulbs in your house?
--never (10)
--always (9)
--very often (6)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
πάντα αρκετά ποτέ

10. 9. Do you usually buy refreshments
--in an aluminium can? (12)
--in a glass bottle ? (13)
11,4
11,6
11,8
12
12,2
12,4
12,6
12,8
13
σε γυάλινο μπουκάλι σε αλουμινένιο τενεκεδάκι

11. 10. Do you recycle at home? (paper-aluminium-plastic)?
--yes (22)
--no (3)
0
5
10
15
20
25
ναι όχι

12. 11. How many times have you donated items such as old clothing
and toys, to the local church, other charity or relatives?
--Lots of times (16)
--Rarely (8)
--Never (1)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
πολλές λίγες ποτέ

13. 12. Every day when your parents want to go to work or
elsewhere, most of the times they use
--their car (17)
--public transport (0)
--they go on foot (8)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
με το αυτοκίνητο μέσα μαζικής
μεταφοράς
πηγαίνουν με τα
πόδια

14. 13. Every day when you want to go to school or elsewhere, most
of the times you use
your parents’ car (11)
public transport(0)
you go on foot (14)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
με το αυτοκίνητο μέσα μαζικής
μεταφοράς
πηγαίνουν με τα
πόδια

15. 14. When shopping in the supermarket you use
--a reusable shopping bag made of cloth
(0)
-- a plastic one (25)
0
5
10
15
20
25
πάνινη σακούλα πλαστική σακούλα

16. 15. Have you ever taken part in activities of planting trees,
flowers etc.?
--never (3)
--often (6)
--seldom (16)
--very often (0)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
ποτέ συχνά σπάνια πολύ συχνά

17. 16. Do you use (for your toys radio etc)
--Batteries with cadmium ?(the usual ones)(11)
--Rechargeable batteries ?(14)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
με κάδμιο και υδράργυρο επαναφορτιζόμενες

18. 17. Do you leave the lights on, when leaving a room?
--never (9)
--always (3)
--seldom (11)
--very often (2)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
ποτέ πάντα σπάνια πολύ συχνά

19. 18. Do you use more electric appliances at the same time? i.e.
TV, computer, CD player
--never (5)
--always (5)
--seldom (6)
--very often (9)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ποτέ πάντα σπάνια πολύ συχνά

20. 19. Do you usually…
--Leave the tap on while you brush your teeth? (0)
--Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth? (25)
0
5
10
15
20
25
ναι όχι

21. 20. Do you buy biological (organic) food?
--Often (14)
--Usually (8)
--Seldom (2)
--never (1)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
συχνά συνήθως σπάνια ποτέ

22. • Students and their families are aware of
their impact to the environment around
them.
• They try to reduce their negative effect
to the environment by reducing garbage or
reducing water use and recycling.
• They have to keep in mind that less
energy use can help save the planet.