Sustainable survey...

Our survey commenced at a refreshing 8am on a thursday morning.
We had to get up and out earlier as one member of our group forgot to pick up the equipment from Faith.
This did not impress Faith as she had to rearrange her morning for us to collect it.

Two of our members went and played with the traffic while the rest of us split the surveys into eaual amounts and went and hassled students from the University so they would take part.

We were able to stay in the warm for the majority of the time because most people at that time in the morning were in the restaurant or the library :)

It was easy to establish conversation and get people to think about what we asking them, especially as they had just travelled to Uni.

Alot of people asked did not live on campus, they drove usually alone to Uni and thought they shouldnt have to pay for parking.
They also thought that if an easier method was available they probably wouldnt use it as they like to drive in.

I also found that when asked if they were concerned about thier impact on the environment there was alot of hesitation. This was easily sorted by me telling them they could say 'no' - unless they were doing applied sciences then they would usually say 'yes'.

I thought the survey covered a varied and useful amount of information and was set out easily which helped to cover it quickly and effeciently.

Although it was early in the morning this was quite an enjoyable and informative task.

Little rant about an unsustainable Xmas.

Just remembered this...

One night I was on my way home from a jolly night at the local boozer with my chums.

I was about to walk in my front door and it occurred to me 'Why has everyone STILL got their Christmas lights on?'

It was about 4am and it was on the back end of Christmas, probably around the 29th of Dec.

I noticed which houses that were the culprits for such awful light pollution at this time of the
year, thinking that their houses look good and festive with blow up bloody Santa sat on their roof, it was the wealthier side of the coin to! So you'd expect them to have some taste.

It looks crap.

Not only that but its using up LOADS of energy to look crap.

Just thought id put that out there.

Happy New Year :)