Green Collar Quiz
When buying vegetables at the store or a farmers market, you ...
1. Don’t use any bag/container.
2. Bring along a cloth bag that you use over and over.
3. Use the store-provided plastic bag.
4. Buy only prepackaged items.
When brushing your teeth, you …
1. Brush them dry; no water required.
2. Turn on the faucet only for rinsing.
3. Leave water running at a trickle.
4. Run the water the entire time.
When purchasing a vehicle, you …
1. Choose to ride a bicycle.
2. Buy an electric car.
3. Purchase a hybrid.
4. Buy whatever gas guzzler strikes your fancy.
When the batteries in your flashlight die, you …
1. Don’t worry about it; it’s solar-powered.
2. Stick them in the recharger.
3. Take them to a recycling center.
4. Toss them in the garbage.
When purchasing a new toilet, you …
1. Build an outhouse over the compost pile.
2. Buy a used 5-gallon tank, but fill it half-full of bricks.
3. Buy a low-water tank.
4. Buy a new 5-gallon tank.
When purchasing new light bulbs, you ...
1. Don’t. Just go to bed when it gets dark.
2. Buy compact fluorescent bulbs.
3. Get a regular bulb, but at a lower wattage.
4. Buy the biggest, brightest lights you can find.
When mowing your lawn, you …
1. Let it go au natural.
2. Use an old-fashioned push mower (no motor).
3. Use a mower with separate gas and oil tanks.
4. Use a mower with a gas-oil mix.
When your lawn turns brown in the summertime, you …
1. Never water it; it can fend for itself.
2. Water it once a week
3. Water it two or three times per week.
4. Water it four or more times per week.
When you mow your yard and you have grass clippings, you …
1. Leave them lying on the lawn.
2. Rake them up for the compost pile.
3. Bag them for the city to pick up.
4. Throw gasoline on the pile and burn it.
When dandelions pop up in your yard, you …
1. Let them go.
2. Dig them out by hand.
3. Use a motorized tool to remove them.
4. Remove them with chemicals.
