Are the Residents of Ealing Grove Christ Church Knowledgeable on Climate Change And the

.............................Measures Used to Reduce Its Impact on the Caribbean..................................

Name of candidates: Tristan Howard

Daniel Lorde

Toni Meyers

Anneka Phillip-Gaye

School : Harrison College

Date : Jan 27th, 2018

Table of Contents

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Introduction

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 Our SBA revolves around the thesis of" :climate change. "
Furthermore, the level of knowledgebility on the topic the residents of
a selected area demonstrate. Climate change is a prolonged change in
the statistical distribution of weather patterns usually, over several
decades. Climate affects the composition of the natural world both
drastically and mildly, detrimentally and beneficially. Small tropical
islands are not exempted from these effects. These effects may be
changes in, atmospheric conditions, intrusive and extrusive festures of
the earth i.e. changes in terrain, unnatural tectonic activity, or
disruptions to human society and various ecosystems. As a Caribbean
island we exist around several natural hazard and have endured
various natural calamities such as hurricanes, eathquakes and
volcanic eruptions due to aggresive tectonic activity and torrential
waters from the sea.

Therefore, we expect our citizens to be relatively knowledgeable on

"Climate Change," its effects and various measures employed to
reduce the effects in our region.

To accomplish such, we interviewed occupants of Ealing Grove,

Christ Church, Barbados via questionnaire comprising of questions
corresponding to our aim.

Aim
To investigate : whether residents of Ealing Grove, Christ Church know what climate change is
or not and, the measures used to reduce its impact in the Caribbean.

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Map of Barbados

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Site Map

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 Methodology

In order to accurately evaluate the knowledge of residents in Ealing

Grove, Christ Church , Barbados and, identify the measures used to
reduce climate change's impact they know of and employ
themselves.We collected sample data from aforementioned area. Our
group of four split into pairs and apportioned 25 questionnares to
Midland Avenue and Park Avenue at a ratio of 10:15 respectively.
Both areas are the chosen districts within Ealing Grove. Upon entering
the district we would collect data from the first 10 occupied houses in

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Midland Avenue and the first 15 in Park Avenue. Our feild trip occured
on Oct 3rd and data was collected between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. A
sample of our data collection tool, questionnaire, is found in the
appendix: fig 9.7. Data collected was subsequently, ana!ysed,
presented and discussed.

Presentation And Analysis Of Data

1.The first question asked “, Have you ever heard of the term climate change?” Out of the 25
surveyed residents, 100% of them responded yes. Therefore, we can extrapolate that most if not
all Barbadians in developed areas are not foreign to the rising issue of climate change. Below the
results are presented via column chart.

2. The 2nd question then asked “, What do you understand by the term Climate
Change?” and provided two answers, A and B. Both options define climate change
as a change in climatic patterns globally or regionally. However option A, states
that climate change is a consequence to natural events whilst B directs

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responsibility on man’s actions. Out of 25, (4) selected A, (18) selected B and (3)
selected both. Based on this we infer that the minority of people in a developed
community have comprehensive knowledge of what climate change is and its
basic causes. Whilst the majority, abide by the trending notions that climate
change is subsequent to rises in carbon dioxide from man’s endeavors and
another minority believe that climate change coincides with natural events of the
earth. Data is illustrated below.

3. The 3rd question asked “, Do you think we are experiencing Climate Change?”
Likewise to the first question, all respondents selected yes. Therefore, it can be,
with supportive evidence, stated that most people in a developed area are aware
that we are currently experiencing changes in climate.

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4. Question 4 asked “, How can climate change affect man?” and provided (4)
options to select freely from:

A-extreme weather events 25/25 selected

B-change in agricultural activity 23/25 selected
C-change in coastal areas 23/25 selected
D- conflict with wild animals over space 13/25 selected

Based on above results we can interpret that most residents believe the effects
will be physical as opposed to social-environmental as 100% percent believe the
weather will be affected in extreme ways whilst a measly 52% believe we will
compete with animals over space. Below a bar chart presents the results.

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