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Our ecological footprint, refers to the amount of the earth's surface that is needed to produce all
the energy and resources that each of us use to live our particular
lifestyles and to absorb all the wastes we produce
directly or indirectly. The following exercise will help you measure how much of the Earth's productive surface you
individually require to provide your food, clothing, housing, transportation etc.
How do you compare?
It
is interesting to note that while the average ecological footprint for each person on Earth is about 7 acres Canadians require
about 19.2 acres each. It is a mathematical fact that there is not enough productive land on Earth to support
all
people at this level.
Housing:
1. How many people are in your household?
1
30
2
25
3
20
4
15
5 or more 10
2
How is your house heated?
Natural Gas 30
Electricity 40
Oil
50
Renewable
(Solar, Wind) 0
3
How may faucets / toilets do you have in your house? Include taps in your kitchen, bathrooms, laundry
room and outside.
1 - 2
5
3 - 5
10
6 - 8
15
9 - 10
20
11 or more 25
What type of home do
you live in?
Apartment / Condominium 20
House
40
Food
1 Are you a vegetarian?
Yes
0
No 50
2. How many meals do you prepare/eat
at home per week?
0 - 10 25
11 - 14 20
15 - 18
15
18 - 21 10
3. When purchasing
your food items, does your family try to buy locally
produced goods?
Yes
25
No
125
Sometimes 50
Rarely
100
Don't Know 75
Transportation
How
many cars does your household own?
0
5
1
25
2
50
3
75
More than 3 100
2 How do you get to School/ work
Car
50
Public Transit 25
School bus
20
Walk
0
Bicycle
0
3 How many trips do you make per week on public transit?
0 50
1 - 5 40
6 - 10 30
11
- 15 20
16 +
10
4 Where did you go on your last vacation?
No vacation
0
Within your province / state 10
Outside your province
/ state
But within your own country 30
USA residents to
Canada 40
Canadians to
USA 40
Outside north America
70
5 How many weekends in the summer did you go camping?
0
0
1 - 3 10
4 - 6 20
7 - 9 30
10+ 40
Purchases
What large purchases (new
electronics eg. Stereo,
TV DVD home computer, car, furniture, appliances)
has your household
made this year?
0 0
1 - 3 15
4 - 6 30
7 +
45
Waste
1 Does your household try to reduce the waste generated in the
house.Eg
buying food in bulk, refusing junk mail / flyers, using
resusable Containers
for storage, using natural cleaners as opposed to hazardous materials
for household cleaning.
Yes
0 No
30 Do you compost? Yes 0 No
20 2 Does your family recycle newspapers, cardboard, paper, aluminum cans, Glass
and other materials Yes 0 No
20 How many bags of garbage do you leave at the curb each week for pick up? 0
0 1 half full 5 1
10 2
20 more than 2 30 Scoring
Total your
score by adding up the values of each question http://www.calculateforfree.com/ Free Calculator
Less than 150 Under 9.8 acres
151 - 350
Between 9.8 acres and 14.8 acres
351 - 550 Between 14.8
acres and 19 acres
551 - 750 Between 19 acres and 24.7
acres
More than 750 Over 24.7 acres
4 Site for more information
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8319/savethearth.html26 things we can do to help.
http://www.charitablerecycling.ca/CA/home.aspRecycling E waste.
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Making a new
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Since there is little oxygen underground,
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and found ears of corn still intact after 20 years and newspapers still readable after 30 years
It takes 40 to
50 trees to frame a 2,000-square foot home. The same home could be framed using the steel from just six junked cars.
By
the age of six months, each Canadian has consumed as much resources as the average person in the developing world consumes
in a lifetime.
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