How Much Do We Care?

Poll Finds Americans Less Concerned About the Environment Now Than When Earth Day Began

Huffington Post GREEN's Emily Swanson writes that a HuffPost/YouGov Poll shows Americans view environmental problems as less significant than they did in 1971, a year after the first Earth Day. However, the poll also shows that more Americans are making an effort to reduce the negative environmental impacts of their lifestyle choices, including using less electricity, eating organic foods, and recycling. Click on the link above to read the whole article, and please comment on how you feel about the poll results. 

Here is a sample of some of the questions asked and the responses given. You can also take the survey yourself by visiting the website. 

Poll Source: HuffPost/YouGov, http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/toplines_earthday411.pdf