NEP statement

Strongly

Disagree (%)

Disagree (%)

Neutral (%)

Agree (%)

Strongly

agree (%)

Mean

Standard Dev.

1

The so called “ecological crisis” facing human kind has been greatly exaggerated

30.6

23.6

6.8

22.8

16.3

2.71

1.50

2

If things continue on their present course we will soon experience a major ecological catastrophe

2.5

3.0

5.5

49.3

39.8

4.21

0.87

3

Humans will eventually learn enough about how nature works to be able to control it

10.8

7.8

7.3

51.0

23.3

3.68

1.22

4

The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset

7.0

8.6

10.1

48.6

25.7

3.77

1.13

5

Humans were meant to rule over the rest of nature

9.9

8.7

4.8

43.6

32.9

3.81

1.26

6

Plants and animals have as much right as humans to exist

4.8

4.0

1.5

40.1

49.6

4.26

1.02

7

Human ingenuity will ensure that we do not make the earth un-habitable

15.4

13.9

7.6

37.7

25.3

3.44

1.40

8

We are approaching the limit of the number of the people the earth can support

23.8

25.8

15.5

20.3

14.5

2.76

1.39

9

The balance of nature is strong enough to cope with the impacts of modern industrial nation

26.4

27.4

11.4

24.4

10.4

2.65

1.37

10

The earth is like a spaceship with very limited room and resources

16.2

17.7

12.7

33.7

19.7

3.23

1.38