I was pretty unaware what an ecological footprint was befor this assignment. Now I know it is a measure of human deman on Earth's ecosystems. Most of what I have learned about ecological footprints, I have gathered from Wikipedia.
Within the last decade, quizzes have been developed to show individual's own ecological footprint. I took some of these quizzes found at Ecological Footprint Calculator. The particular quiz I took calculated the number of planets it takes to support my lifestyle. Most of the questions consisted of what kind of food I eat and where it comes from. There were also questions about my home and what kinds of transportation I use. The results were kind of surprising. It said that if everyone lived like me we would need 4.3 planets to provide enough resources. I am very shocked by the high number, I thought I was living a little more eco-friendly.
There are a number of things I can try to do to bring down the results from the quiz. First of all, I could try to buy mostly locally grown non-processed food. Also, I could try to drive my car less, and when I do drive I try to carpool. Or instead of driving all together I can start to use some public transportation.
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I noticed my food problem with packaged foods. Its a really hard thing to do because of money and were all in college but I am going to try my best as well. I think its good you got goals.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it does get harder that we are in college and are all looking for the easiest way to carry food and that usually is in packages.
ReplyDeleteI also try to use public transportation and carpool whenever possible.
I also am going to try to carpool more often to school or use public transportation. I am right on the bus line so it is something I should really try to implement into my life.
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