Section 1: Climate Change and You
We need your thoughts and ideas to help us shape the borough’s climate change actions.

Brentwood Borough Council have produced an Environment Strategy for consultation with a range of stakeholders. The aim of the strategy is to help identify actions needed to achieve the council’s goal of becoming a carbon neutral borough by 2040. Key themes of the strategy include transport, air quality, built environment, natural environment, waste, energy, and behavioural changes. Please do have a look at the strategy - we've kept it short and quick to read!

We would very much like to hear the views of people living and working within the borough, so please do complete this questionnaire.

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* 1. How concerned are you about climate change? (tick 1 box only)

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* 2. How much do you know about the causes of climate change and its effects on the earth?

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* 3. Where do you go for information on climate change? Tick all that apply.

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* 4. There are many ways our individual actions could impact climate change. Please rank the following individual actions in order from most important (1) to least important (8)

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* 5. Managing Your home

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Switch to renewable energy sources such as wind or solar
Reduce energy consumption (e.g electricity and gas at home)
Recycle more of your household waste
Reduce water consumption
Improve the insulation of your home

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* 6. Travel Choices

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Use public transport more often than you currently do
Making more journeys by walking or cycling
Driving an electric or hybrid car
Car sharing more often than you currently do
Travelling by plane less than you currently do

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* 7. Food/diet

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Growing more of your own food
Participating in community food and growing schemes
Reducing meat and dairy consumption within your diet
Shopping locally for your food

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* 8. Shopping

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Minimising single use plastics and other single use items in the products you buy
Recycling and repairing clothes and electrical goods
Reducing clothing purchases
Purchasing energy efficient electrical goods
Considering where a product is sourced from
Section 2: The Council

To help reduce the environmental impact of the borough, the council need to understand what our residents would like to prioritise in terms of actions.

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* 9. Which council services do you think will be most important in helping you cut your carbon emissions?

Please rank the following potential climate change actions by importance. (not important, somewhat important, important, very important)

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More energy efficient homes
Increase domestic recycling
Better cycling and walking paths and pavements
More electric vehicle charging points
Campaign for better bus and rail services
Encourage shorter commutes and home working
Raise climate change awareness
Plant trees - create new green space
Section 3: General Comments

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* 10. Within the strategy, we have identified key themes to focus on. Please rank these by importance to you. (not important, somewhat important, important, very important)

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Transport
Air Quality
Built Environment
Natural Environment
Waste
Energy
Behavioural Changes

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* 11. Please use the space below this question to provide any further general comments on Brentwood Borough Council’s Environment Strategy.

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* 12. We would love to hear what you are doing to reduce your environmental impact on either an individual, local, or even global level!

Please use the space below to outline anything you have done. Please also provide your contact details (email address and/or phone number) as we may want to get in touch to find out more.

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* 13. Thank you for completing our questionnaire. All your answers will be taken into account as we develop our environment strategy. Some of your answers might also be of wider benefit.

Please tick the box below if you are happy for Brentwood Borough Council to feature any of your answers in future case studies or good practice guidance.

By taking this questionnaire you are consenting to your responses being used to inform this work. Your data will be processed in line with our data protection. Personal data will be maintained confidentially. We will not share personal information without your permission.

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