Today I explored this more and followed all the way through the
Ecological Footprint Calculator. Apparently if everyone lived like me we would need 3.7 Earths. I was a little surprised by this as I almost exclusively ride the bus and on the weekends I ride my 90 mpg scooter. I recycle a lot and I am energy conscious at home. When the results came up apparently a lot of my footprint comes from the type of food I eat. Many of the posts last week can help me address the food situation to be both more local and more sustainable. Fresh food will decrease on the packaging as well.
I was interested in seeing what would happen if I increased my air travel to the high that I did, which was in 2007 with well over 100 hours of air travel and my footprint increased to 5.4 Earths.
They even let you explore specific scenarios such as taking a local vacation this year or reducing the animal products eaten by half. Eathday Network also offers a list of
25 ways to lower your footprint.
I was interested in seeing what would happen if I increased my air travel to the high that I did, which was in 2007 with well over 100 hours of air travel and my footprint increased to 5.4 Earths.
They even let you explore specific scenarios such as taking a local vacation this year or reducing the animal products eaten by half. Eathday Network also offers a list of 25 ways to lower your footprint.
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