How environmentally friendly are you? This sustainability quiz assesses your eco-friendliness. Let’s find out how much you try to help your environment.
How Eco-Friendly Are You?
You are highly eco-safe if you save or use clean energy, produce little to no waste, reuse or repurpose items, buy recycled products, use green transportation, use water efficiently, and plant trees.
However, you are eco-unfriendly if you waste natural resources and pollute the environment.
What Is the Sustainability Quiz?
With its 20 environment-conscious questions, the Sustainability Quiz determines how green your lifestyle is.
In other words, it answers, “How environmentally friendly are you?”
The test analyzes your energy consumption, resource management, and purchases to create your eco-friendly profile.
5 Signs You Are Environmentally Friendly
It’s easy to find out how eco-safe you are: Look around you.
If your lifestyle matches the following signs, you are green.
1. You buy less and upcycle more.
Buying all-natural products is not enough; you must reduce your carbon footprint by purchasing fewer items and hanging on to them for longer.
2. You reuse green items.
Getting reusable bags every time you shop doesn’t make you eco-safe. But by using a reusable bag at least 150 times, you help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the long run.
Reusing is key.
3. You cut back on energy.
According to the Environment Protection Agency, “Saving energy and using cleaner energy sources is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases and help combat climate change.”
4. You plant—or fund planting—trees.
Preserving the world’s forests is a crucial aspect of going green. So, if you plant or support charities that plant trees, you are eco-friendly.
Replacing the air purifiers with plants is also a good practice. It helps consume less energy.
In doubt about what to get for your house? Take our other quiz, “What houseplant should I get?”
5. You produce less than 4.89 pounds of daily trash.
The lesser your daily trash weighs, the more environmentally friendly you are.
Based on the Global Waste Index, each US citizen produces 1787.95 pounds of waste annually—that’s 4.89 pounds per day.
Why Is It Important to Be Environmentally Friendly?
Being eco-friendly—or environmentally conscious—is essential because it prevents global warming. Currently, global warming threatens humans’ future, and the only way to fight it is by going greener.
Living an environmentally unfriendly life could cause:
- Hotter temperatures.
- Destructive storms.
- Increased drought.
- A warming, rising ocean.
- Loss of species.
- And more health risks.
Is Eco-Friendliness a Scam?
A study showed that 90% of green products either lie about their greenness or hide their environmentally unsafe aspects. So, green marketing is essentially a scam.
But eco-friendliness and sustainability are genuine concepts. We need them to co-exist on this planet safely—and preserve it for future generations.
Are People More Environmentally Friendly?
A 2021 study by Simon-Kutcher & Partners showed that 85% of consumers have become greener. That’s a significant increase compared with previous years.
According to the same study, 32% of millennials make environmental-conscious decisions, turning them into the most eco-friendly generation.
What If the Test Said You’re Not Eco-Safe?
It’s never too late to go green. If the Sustainability Quiz thinks you are eco-unfriendly, do the following:
- Review your energy consumption and cut back where possible.
- Weigh your daily waste and keep it under 4 pounds per day.
- Use less water. (Take shorter showers, install a low-flow showerhead, buy products with WaterSense labels, and get a water-smart landscape).
- Upcycle more items.
Take the Quiz to Assess Your Sustainability Level
Okay, the big question remains: “How environmentally friendly are you?”
Hit the start button for an environmental personality and lifestyle quiz that determines your greenness accurately.
The good thing about the test results is that they come with expert tips on becoming even more eco-friendly. So, it’s both entertaining and educational.
How to Play?
Playing personality quizzes is straightforward: Choose the option that’s true about you—or you relate to—and select “Next.” Unlike trivia quizzes, personality tests have no right or wrong answers. But the questions are in forced-choice format. The point is to push you to choose an option that makes the most sense, not the one that’s 100% true. For the most accurate results, don’t overthink your responses. Go with options that you “feel” are the best.
Questions of the quiz
- 1How often do you have to empty your trash can?
Every other week
Every week
Multiple times per week
- 2How do you buy your groceries?
I walk to the grocery.
I have them delivered.
I drive to the grocery.
- 3Where do you shop for groceries?
Local shops.
Online groceries.
Grocery stores and retailers.
- 4How do you carry your groceries?
I have my own reusable bag.
I get eco-friendly bags every time I shop.
I often use plastic bags.
- 5How long do your showers take?
5 minutes or less.
8-10 minutes.
15 minutes or longer.
- 6How do you commute to work?
Walking or bicycle.
Public transportation or ridesharing.
I drive to work.
- 7What do you do with your old clothes?
I donate them.
I upcycle them.
I throw them away.
- 8How often do you upgrade to a new phone?
Whenever my phone breaks or becomes unusable.
Every two years or so.
Every year or every couple of months.
- 9What’s your priority when getting electronics?
Energy consumption.
Eco-safe features.
Price or brand.
- 10Do you unplug electronics before leaving the house?
Yes, I do that every day.
I do that when I’m away for a few days.
No, I don’t do that.
- 11How much do you spend on clothes per month?
$50 or less.
About $100.
$150 or more.
- 12Which one sounds like something you’d consider when shopping?
Eco-safe labels.
Ingredients.
Price or brand.
- 13How much do you know about eco-friendly labels?
I know a lot about them.
I’m trying to learn more.
I don’t know much about them.
- 14What do you do with foods that have past their “best by?”
I compost them.
I consume them before they expire.
I throw them away.
- 15How do you recycle?
I research how to recycle each item.
I separate plastics, papers, glasses, etc.
I don’t recycle.
- 16Is your home well-insulated?
Yes, I’ve invested in insulation.
I’m not sure.
Not at all.
- 17Which one do you use more often to prepare meals?
Microwave
Oven
Both
- 18How often do you fly?
Rarely or never.
Once or twice per year.
Three times or more (per year)
- 19Do you grow anything?
Yes, I grow vegetables.
Yes, I grow plants.
No, I don’t grow anything.
- 20Final question: What’s your average utility bill?
$150 or less
About $200-$250
$300 or more
