European Sustainability Survey starts

A major survey on people’s level of understanding and opinions about sustainability is now underway. Run by the European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development (ERP-TTSD) at TuTech Innovation in Hamburg, the study will throw some light into the different views, opinions and perspectives of Europeans towards sustainable development. Owing to the role played by education for sustainable development, the survey also tries to gather inputs and views on this important issue at the same time ascertaining the extent to which respondents are prepared to pay for making sustainability a reality. The survey is designed to be cross-sectoral, i.e. it involves professionals from different fields and may also be completed by schoolchildren.

The European Sustainability Survey is coordinated by Professor Walter Leal Filho, Head of Life Sciences at TuTech innovation and a leading authority in the field. The online form, from which data will be gathered, is available at www.tutech.de/se. The results will be available in the autumn 2005, after which the “World Sustanability Survey”will be undertaken. Further details are available from the sustainable development team at TuTech: sd@tutech.de.