—Questions—-

1. Do you have any particular feelings about relationships demonstrated in ecosystems? Competition? Predation? Commensalism? Parasitism? Mutualism?

2. Have you ever suffered from environmental stress? If so, how did you respond to the stress? Please describe.

3. Is there evidence of environmental stress in your community?

4. Is there evidence of ecosystem responses to stress in your community?

5. How do you feel when you see an ecosystem under stress?

6. Do you feel you have a right to create environmental stress? Are there limits to your rights? If so, what are they?

7. Do you feel you have a responsibility to protect natural ecosystems?

8. Has your local ecosystem been invaded by a nonnative species? If so, how did you feel about the invasion?

9. What role should humans play in increasing or decreasing population sizes of other species?