Are you a mainstream environmentalist?
Test yourself
Rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 for each statement below, with 10 meaning that you strongly agree with the statement and 1 meaning you strongly disagree.
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A healthy environment should be able to coexist with a healthy, growing economy.
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Investments in science and technology will generate solutions to most of our environmental problems.
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Incentives should be offered to encourage corporations to clean up the environment.
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Most disagreements about the environment can be resolved through the art of compromise.
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Governments can play an important role in fostering and incentivizing a healthy environment but lose support when they are too controlling.
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Democracies have been far better environmental stewards than totalitarian states.
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Corporate and private philanthropy is essential to the success of a global environmental movement.
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Most of us have been taught to respect and protect the natural world.
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Political leadership will be defined in the twentyfirst century by having a strong commitment to environmental stewardship.
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America must be a global leader on environmental issues.
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If you scored higher than 70, you qualify to be labeled a ‘‘mainstream environmentalist.’’