Thursday, October 7, 2010
Eye Opener: Ecological Footprint
I took the Ecological Footprint quiz and ened up with and it would take a little over 4 earths to support my lifestlye if everyone in the world had the same as mine. The biggest thing that I can do to bring that number down has to do with food. I am not that conscience about whether my food is locally grown or processed and that is someting that is relatively easy to adjust and change for the future. I am pretty good about not driving my car all the time, especially when it is nice out I will walk, bike, or take the bus. My roommate and I are really conscience about our trash ouput and what we recycle, we try to make sure our output of trash is as little as possible. The same goes for electricity for our apartment, every one of our outlets has a power strip that can be turned off when we are not ussing things in that room or for when we leave.
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I think that the ecological footprint taught our class a lot about the food process and how to eat better in order to help the environment! I know I learned a lot because of this! I am glad we did this assignment because it made me more aware as well!
ReplyDeleteI took this quiz as well and got the same results. I was shocked. This was a good eye opener for me to realize some of the things that I can and should be doing differently.
ReplyDeleteI took this quiz also and got a little higher results. Its crazy to think how the little things we do add up to this much harm.
ReplyDeleteThat's great that you and your roommate are doing what you can to help preserve the environment. Once way to look into purchasing locally grown food would be to contact the Whole Foods Coop.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your on your way to being more eco-friendly! Keep up the good work!
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