Kids Vote on the Environment: All Results
See how thousands of kids like you voted on today's top environmental issues. Click on each tab to explore all the issues. What do you think about the results? Sound off on our Save the Planet message board.
The Big Picture
Which of the following is the most important environmental issue facing the world today?
- 14% Water resources
- 15% Energy resources
- 16% Wildlife conservation
- 55% Global climate change
Endangered Species
How would you rate the treatment of endangered species today?
- 11% A+ — Great!
- 20% B — OK
- 46% C- — Needs improvement
- 23% F — Awful!
Read "Treatment of Endangered Species Needs Improvement, Kids Say"
Oceans
What's your biggest environmental concern about ocean life?
- 20% Global warming
- 15% Over fishing
- 58% Pollution
- 7% Ship and boat traffic
Wildlife
What would you do to protect wild plants and animals?
- 13% Put birdhouses and birdbaths in my schoolyard to support local birds.
- 24% Help clean up and protect beaches and parks where wild plants and animals live.
- 9% Don't collect or bring home wild plants and animals. Instead, observe them in nature.
- 54% I'd like to do all of these things! This is a high priority for me.
Coral Reefs
What should be done to protect the ocean's coral reefs?
- 59% Stop pollution that's killing reef animals.
- 11% Reduce over fishing that's damaging the reef's ecosystem.
- 14% Address global warming! Rising temperatures are a major threat.
- 16% Stop cutting down rainforests to keep soil from running into the ocean and damaging the reefs.
Spiders
Spiders: Totally icky or majorly important?
- 27% Ick! Smush them quick.
- 43% Important! They help keep insect populations under control.
- 20% Spiders are cool! Besides, all animals are an important part of the environment.
- 10% Whatever, I don't really care about creepy crawlies.
Insects
What's the most important way insects help the environment?
- 44% Insects are so important! I can't pick just one.
- 22% Some insects keep other insect populations under control.
- 29% Insects pollinate many of our crops.
- 5% They don't help my environment — they're just annoying!
Polar Bears
How concerned are you that polar bears are at high risk for extinction?
- 59% Extremely! We must save the polar bears.
- 10% It's a concern, but other animals are at even higher risk.
- 4% I'm more concerned about global warming in general.
- 27% Who needs polar bears? Not me.
