°Ecological awareness
		Ecological awareness: Agreement with statement, in %
		Development			by education 2007				by political orientation 2007				by linguistic region				Switzerland by gender
		1994	2007		low	intermediate	high		left	center	right		German-speaking part of Switzerland	French-speaking part of Switzerland	Italian-speaking part of Switzerland		men	women
Everyone should accept cuts in the standard of living in order to protect the environment		64	68		72	67	67		76	66	59		68	64	78		62	73
Many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated		34	29		37	30	19		17	29	38		31	24	25		32	26
Economic growth always harms the environment		44	26		30	27	20		26	24	23		25	29	17		26	25
If we continue like this, we shall head towards an environmental catastrophe.		70	66		66	67	66		72	65	60		66	66	72		64	69
		Ecological awareness by age and country 2000
		Everyone should accept cuts in the standard of living in order to protect the environment	Many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated
CH	18–39 years	62.8	16.2
	40–59 years	61.1	26.9
	60 years +	54.4	42.1
SE	18–39 years	45.5	14.3
	40–59 years	45.9	20.1
	60 years +	42.5	29.9
DE	18–39 years	44.4	21.4
	40–59 years	41.3	28.4
	60 years +	33.5	34.8
ES	18–39 years	39.3	22.4
	40–59 years	33.5	33.5
	60 years +	19.7	41.0
US	18–39 years	30.4	21.4
	40–59 years	32.8	27.8
	60 years +	21.9	41.6
UK*	18–39 years	27.3	22.0
	40–59 years	25.5	22.1
	60 years +	26.0	35.3
UK*: without Northern Ireland