My Ecological Footprint

After completing the ecological footprint, I received the following results:

Category Global Hectares
Food 3.1
Mobility 0.4
Shelter 0.6
Goods/Services 1
Total 5.1

If everyone lived like you we would need 2.8 planets

For the Lifestyle footprint I received the following result:
Low Growth: Everything goes wrong that can go wrong, in this future of risk and paranoia. Total ecological footprint is halved, but for the wrong reasons - economic stagnation and social malaise. The rich consume avariciously while others tighten their belts, amidst a host of problems - climate change, urban unrest, toxic waste, mutant organisms, and international terrorism.

A few of the possibly ways that I could reduce my emissions would be to make all (not just some) of the light bulbs in my house energy efficient. I could wash my clothes with cold water all the time, and use the clothes line to dry them (weather permitting), as well I could influence the rest of my family to do this. I could also do more recycling and separate all the recyclables into separate piles. By buying energy efficient appliances (or asking my paretns to do so), I could reduce the amount fo energy that my house consume everyday. Driving an energy efficient vehicle would also help to reduce my ecological footprint, but I don’t exactly have the money to buy one. When I’m older I’ll buy a small house to reduce the amount of energy needed, but that’s in the future. When I have control over what is purchased in my home I will make sure that it is environmentally friendly.

:)