I just took the ecological footprint quiz and it told me that it takes 3.6 earths to support my lifestyle. When I got my results I thought I’m not doing too bad, it made me happy to think I’m not killing the Earth too much. More than half (55%) of my used resources where services, 17% was shelter, 13% food, 10% goods, and 5% mobility; it takes 15.9 global acres to support my life style.
When I hear the word footprint I think of a mark left behind on the earth when you walk on the ground while wearing no shoes. Then I heard about an ecological footprint, I found out it is the mark you leave on the earth with the resources that you use in everyday life; it is the toll that that you take on the earth, the planet we live on. I think it is important to take care of the earth because where would we live without it. The earth sustains us by giving us resources to live. Sometimes we forget though that the earth is only so big, and we are a lot of people. That’s why I think that quizzes like the one I took are good way of giving awareness to people, and helping people who are already aware to keep track of just how much of earth, our home that we use up.
When I took the quiz I noticed that there was one resource that I used way more than all the others. That resource is the services, which would be my use of electric and water. Now that I have found out that I was using so much of it I will take a special notice every time I come in contact with its use. I will make sure that the faucets, appliances, and electronics in my home are off and unplugged when they are not in use. I am very glad I was made aware of this quiz that helped show me what I could do to help keep the earth that I love stay alive, healthy, and green.
3.6 earths is really not that bad. In fact, it is VERY impressive compared to my results, which might have been the worst.. electricity and water are also two of my biggest problems.
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