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Participants' Role in Sustainable Development

Executive Authority	5	7%
Governance (e.g., legislator)	1	1%
Planner	17	24%
Researcher	40	57%
Evaluator	16	23%
Educator	36	51%
Volunteer	17	24%
Financial Supporter	5	7%
Expert Consultant	18	26%
Other	12	17%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Section 1

What is the importance of gender equality for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	1	1%
2		0	0%
3		1	1%
4		1	1%
5		2	3%
6		2	3%
7		3	4%
8		11	16%
9		8	11%
10 -	Critical	41	59%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant to make progress toward gender equality?

Human development and intellectual capital	47	67%
Education for gender equality in both society and religion	63	90%
Education to foster stewardship of the human habitat	42	60%
The highest possible rates of consumption per capita	3	4%
Heavy taxation of institutions that discriminate against women	17	24%
Zero subsidies for institutions that practice gender discrimination	32	46%
Establishing incentives to have women in roles of secular authority	36	51%
Establishing disincentives to exclude women from roles of religious authority	18	26%
Education on the negative social impact of patriarchal structures	47	67%
Minimizing the significance of domestic violence	24	34%
Other	12	17%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for eradicating gender inequities?

Adherence to the traditional patriarchal family structure	1	1%
Educating women to remain in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant	1	1%
Supporting the subordination of women and the wisdom of patriarchy	3	4%
Experiencing the benefits of gender balance in society and religion	54	77%
Withdrawal of public subsidies to patriarchal religious institutions	11	16%

Which is the greatest obstacle to gender equality?

God's desire for girls to marry when they are 9 years old	1	1%
God's desire for people to understand that women are inferior to men	6	9%
The misconception that only men are authentic images of God	38	54%
The fact that only women can be mothers	11	16%
The noble practice of allowing only boys to pursue post-K12 education	14	20%

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of gender equality in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

Section 2

What is the importance of health promotion for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		0	0%
3		0	0%
4		1	1%
5		2	3%
6		3	4%
7		3	4%
8		9	13%
9		11	16%
10 -	Critical	41	59%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant contributors to improving human health?

Clean air	60	86%
Clean water	63	90%
Good nutrition & eating with moderation	59	84%
Not having access to required medications for common diseases	21	30%
Going out for exercise without fear of being assaulted	41	59%
Families that provide emotional support to both children and adults	59	84%
Lack of good nutrition and family nurturing in infancy	23	33%
Having HIV/AIDS and not having access to competent medical care	16	23%
Molestation, incest, rape of women and girls	15	21%
Exposure to domestic violence, gender violence, any form of violence	23	33%
Other	14	20%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for improving health care practices?

The Hyppocratic oath	3	4%
Education on the gift of love and the gift of life	11	16%
Adequate compensation for doctors, nurses, and paramedics	10	14%
Modern technologies for disease prevention and/or early diagnostics	10	14%
Adherence to the principles of solidarity, sustainability, and nonviolence	36	51%

Which is the greatest obstacle to improving health care practices?

Lack of modern health care technology	2	3%
The cost of health care	20	29%
Shortage of competent doctors and nurses	7	10%
Scarcity of clean water and sanitation facilities	38	54%
Irresponsible sexual behavior that degrades the human person	3	4%

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of health promotion in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Section 3

What is the importance of environmental stewardship for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		0	0%
3		0	0%
4		0	0%
5		3	4%
6		1	1%
7		2	3%
8		12	17%
9		12	17%
10 -	Critical	40	57%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant for people to take environmental impacts into account?

A healthy human habitat is required for sustainable development	57	81%
Drinking contaminated water makes you sick	51	73%
Breathing polluted air makes you sick	50	71%
Eating food that contains toxic chemicals makes you sick	50	71%
Climate change due to emissions and the resulting global warming	52	74%
Climate change due to deforestation and dislocation of rainfall patterns	51	73%
Agricultural productivity and the food supply	50	71%
Using the "triple bottom line" for making business decisions	30	43%
Reduction of biodiversity induced by climate changes	41	59%
Having some leisure time to rest and be with the family	22	31%
Other	15	21%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for living in harmony with the human habitat?

Having picnics, going camping, and being in contact with nature	9	13%
The need to conserve minerals, soils, and biodiversity	27	39%
Quick financial gain regardless of the consequences	1	1%
The desire for solidarity, sustainability, and nonviolence	30	43%
Indulging in extravagant consumption of goods and services	3	4%

Which is the greatest obstacle to environmental sustainability?

The geographic distribution of population growth	3	4%
The increasing gap between the very rich and the very poor	26	37%
The U.N. Millennium Development Goals	0	0%
Exponential growth in consumption per capita	30	43%
The lack of appropriate environmental remediation technologies	11	16%

In your own words, explain how to include environmental values in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Section 4

What is the importance of rural development for overall sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		0	0%
3		0	0%
4		0	0%
5		5	7%
6		1	1%
7		5	7%
8		14	20%
9		12	17%
10 -	Critical	33	47%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant to make progress toward rural development?

Reduce the migration of poor rural people to the cities	36	51%
Increasing access to basic education in rural areas	57	81%
Building huge public housing projects in urban centers	1	1%
Improving the quality of basic education in rural areas	60	86%
Giving people false hopes that the city is "where the action is"	4	6%
Education programs that address the needs of rural people	58	83%
Fair allocation of resources consistent with urban-rural areas demographics	44	63%
Recognition of farming as an important and prestigious profession	55	79%
Adequate compensation to farmers for their work	57	81%
Education on the advantages on living away from urban congestion	38	54%
Other	10	14%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for rural development?

Fair compensation for farmers and all kinds of rural labor	10	14%
Fair compensation, good schools, and social recognition	49	70%
Access to good and affordable health care in rural areas	10	14%
Limited access to good and affordable health care in rural areas	1	1%
Access only to poor and unaffordable health care	0	0%

Which is the greatest obstacle to rural development?

Young people opting to run away to the cities	12	17%
Lack of good schools and good teachers	14	20%
Lack of acces to competent and affordable health care	8	11%
Too much work and unfair compensation	19	27%
Depletion of soils and forest resources	17	24%

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of rural development in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Section 5

What is the importance of cultural diversity for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		0	0%
3		1	1%
4		0	0%
5		0	0%
6		5	7%
7		5	7%
8		19	27%
9		16	23%
10 -	Critical	24	34%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant for nurturing cultural diversity?

Education on human civilization and cultures	55	79%
Exposure to multi-cultural interaction	60	86%
A mindset of solidarity and toleration	59	84%
Recognition that each culture has something good to offer	56	80%
Fear that mixing cultures will lead to ethnic tensions and violence	3	4%
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion	51	73%
Honor killings of brides that marry outside their cultural ghetto	4	6%
Sexism, racism, and all forms of culturally-conditioned discrimination	8	11%
Ethnic cleansing of "undesirables" from other cultures	2	3%
Claims of superiority by any culture and/or religion	8	11%
Other	6	9%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for valuing cultural diversity?

Knowing that cultural diversity enriches all cultures	27	39%
Understanding the benefits of "unity in diversity"	19	27%
Understanding the fragility and sterility of "unity in uniformity"	2	3%
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of conscience	12	17%
Freedom from sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination	10	14%

Which is the greatest obstacle to cultural diversity?

Racism	37	53%
Dogmatism	29	41%
Pragmatism	1	1%
Sexism	2	3%
Terrorism	1	1%

In your own words, explain how to include the benefits of cultural diversity in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND SECURITY

Section 6

What is the importance of peace and human security for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	1	1%
2		1	1%
3		0	0%
4		0	0%
5		0	0%
6		3	4%
7		2	3%
8		10	14%
9		11	16%
10 -	Critical	42	60%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant to foster peace and improve human security?

Social justice	65	93%
Environmental justice	57	81%
Human solidarity	52	74%
Violence	7	10%
Having weapons of mass destruction	3	4%
Using weapons of mass destruction	3	4%
Nonviolence	45	64%
Partnerships for development	56	80%
Environmental injustice	7	10%
Social injustice	7	10%
Other	9	13%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for peace and human security?

American-style economic development for all nations	1	1%
Globalization with or without trade protectionism	2	3%
Diplomacy and international aid	3	4%
Diplomacy and powerful military resources	0	0%
Social justice and environmental justice	64	91%

Which is the greatest obstacle to peace and human security?

Religious fanatism	11	16%
Military imperialism	9	13%
The widening gap between the very rich and the very poor	32	46%
Continued use and abuse of the human habitat	11	16%
Proliferation of human rights abuses, such as torture	7	10%

In your own words, explain how to include the need for peace and human security in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION

Section 7

What is the importance of urbanization dynamics for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		1	1%
3		0	0%
4		0	0%
5		4	6%
6		6	9%
7		7	10%
8		15	21%
9		11	16%
10 -	Critical	26	37%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant for accelerating (or reversing) current urbanization trends?

Legalization of prostitution and human trafficking	5	7%
Reducing migration from developing nations to developed nations	21	30%
Reducing migration from poor rural areas to the cities	37	53%
Allowing the inner city to decay while encouraging suburbs to flourish	12	17%
Upgrading mass transit systems between cities	34	49%
Heavy sales tax for each gallon of fuel	16	23%
Reverse migration from developed nations back to developing nations	17	24%
Channeling more resources and public works away from urban centers	37	53%
Applying disincentives for cities to grow beyond one million people	19	27%
Other	13	19%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for sustainable urbanization?

Reduce urban police resources and allow crime in cities to increase	0	0%
Alleviation of congestion and pollution	26	37%
Heavy property taxes in cities over one million people	9	13%
Investing in inter-city mass transit systems	21	30%
Generous tax breaks for businesses that move away from large cities	14	20%

Which is the greatest obstacle to sustainable urbanization?

Crime and other forms of violence	13	19%
Congestion and lack of privacy	6	9%
Not having disincentives to explosive growth beyond one million people	21	30%
The high cost of maintaining urban infrastructure in good condition	23	33%
The high cost of delivering food and other supplies to large cities	7	10%

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of urbanization in education for sustainable development.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

Section 8

What is the importance of moderating consumption rates for sustainable development?

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1 -	Irrelevant	0	0%
2		0	0%
3		0	0%
4		1	1%
5		0	0%
6		1	1%
7		6	9%
8		12	17%
9		10	14%
10 -	Critical	40	57%

Which of the following factors/issues are significant to make progress toward balancing consumption rates?

Disincentives to consumerism in the form of heavy sales taxes	22	31%
Lifelong education on the benefits of moderate consumption	55	79%
Showing that sustainable lifestyles are essential in overcoming poverty	53	76%
Showing that sustainable lifestyles are not conducive to social unrest	28	40%
False hopes that technological breakthroughs can fix anything	14	20%
Increasing awareness and valuation of global citizenship	42	60%
Increasing demand for corporate accountability and social responsibility	50	71%
Education on responsibility toward our children and future generations	55	79%
Knowing that what really matters is to be more, not to consume more	41	59%
Keep doing "business as usual" and thinking that "the future is now."	4	6%
Other	4	6%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What is the most effective incentive for practicing sustainable consumption?

Better "enjoy life while you can, tomorrow will be another day"	0	0%
The carrot of better health and the stick of heavy taxes	4	6%
Education on the individual/social benefits of sustainable consumption	54	77%
Heavy taxing of superfluous/luxurious consumption	7	10%
The need for ensuring the survivability of "homo sapiens sapiens"	5	7%

Which is the greatest obstacle to sustainable consumption?

The lack of awareness about "peak oil" forecasts	2	3%
Financial manipulations for socially irresponsible quick profits	35	50%
Consumerism and wealth accumulation by religious institutions	3	4%
The failure of political institutions corrupted by vested interests	20	29%
The resilience of the patriarchal mindset of power and domination	10	14%

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of sustainable consumption in education for sustainable development.

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