Monday, February 05, 2007

Earth Day Footprint Quiz









CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 4.9

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 7.2

GOODS/SERVICES 6.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 19



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.3 PLANETS.


YIPES! I got some work to do on consumption, huh? And living in a huge house with only two other people marks me down. It was better when there were five of us. And we are working on getting reliable local sources for food. I'm slacking, dudes.