Feb 08 2012
Ecological Footprint
My ecological footprint is 8.3 global hectares, which means 4.6 planet earths we’d need if everyone lived like me. The shelter part of consumption has the biggest impact on my personal footprint follows by the services. I changed some of my answers to reflect someone who is less sustainability-conscious than me by increasing the consumption of packaged food and the usage of cars. These reactions yielded a 9.7 global hectares footprint. The reason of this significant footprint increase lies in the energy cost and CO2 emission while transporting packaged food and commuting by cars. One way that I could do to directly reduce my footprint is to ride public transit, carpool, ride a bike or walk to school instead of driving,