Friday, October 27, 2006

What is your ecological footprint?
One of my lectures today was on the environment. One of the topics was the concept of the environmental footprint. I had some students take the online quiz (it is handy having internet access and projection capabilities in the classroom) to find out.

You can also ake the quiz and tell me what your footprint is.

My results:

CATEGORY______ GLOBAL ACRES
FOOD .................................... 3.5
MOBILITY ................................ 1
SHELTER ................................. 4
GOODS/SERVICES ................. 3.5
TOTAL FOOTPRINT .............. 12


IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.7 PLANETS.

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