Thursday, February 27, 2014

My Calculated Ecological Footprint

So I took the online quiz at www.footprintnetwork.org/calculator and I was not really shocked at the results because I already had a feeling I was not being very eco-friendly. (I plan on changing though! Promise!) Here are my results:(click the image to see it bigger!)
I explored scenarios and checked the ones I REALLY thought I could do:
after making the changes I was shown :
Overall I thought the quiz was very interesting and helpful! I live with my parents so I pretty much have to convince them to buy energy efficient appliances if they buy them (which is RARE). The second change is a bit harder. The "purchasing products that use less packaging" bit is hard because sometimes you NEED a certain product and you don't want to switch to something different. I usually like trying new products so I could work on that. The first change is EASY PEASY because I RARELY eat meat. I considered going vegetarian at the start of the year but it's tough! If given the choice I would definetly choose a vegetarian or vegan meal.


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