Thursday, August 25, 2011

Your Ecological Footprint

This is your first blog assignment. Go to http://www.myfootprint.org/ and calculate your ecological footprint. Are you surprised? Leave a comment!! Write a paragraph about how your personal habits affect the Earth. Are your personal habits sustainable? What if everyone had habits like yours?

16 comments:

GabeAsh11 said...
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GabeAsh11 said...

5.27 earths... wow

Kiana said...

If everyone lived like my family and I, we would need 5.35 earths. That's a bit unsettling!

Anonymous said...

Hitting the highest so far with 5.88 earths... Yikes!

Travis S. said...

If every one lived like my family it would take 5.88 earths to sustain us. Even with that many earths my overal impact was below the national average.

Sarah O'Hern said...

It would take 4.34 earths to sustain my family's lifestyle. We handle recyclable materials pretty well, but we're terrible with our energy usage.

Michael Fray said...

I'm the lowest so far at 3.85 earths but that is still incredible.

Chad Balch said...

It would take 6.31 to sustain my family's lifestyle!

marcus.h said...

4.34 earths, results were pretty good compared to the countries average.

brittany hill said...

If every one lived like my family we would need 6.67 earths. I guess it is time to change some bad habits. like this activity it helps open your eyes to how much you impact the earth.

nicole r. said...

If everyone on the planet lived my lifestyle, we would need 6.22 Earths.

c.bostic said...

if everyone lived my familys lifestyle it would take, 6.17 earths.

Ayla Blad said...

Holy cow! 4.68 EARTHS! This is craziness, how can we make this lower?

Devin T. said...

It would take me 7.80 earths to support all people like me. That's the most so far...oh my

megan rogers said...

5.67 this is Megan Rogers and I think it's crazy and to start to improve that I will work on not eating so much meat

Marilyn said...

Wow...3.76 earths. That is shocking and eye-opening!