When I was doing the carbon footprint quiz, I was extremely surprised at how much of my footprint consisted of service oriented causes. I find this matching the results from another quiz I took, which had a large percentage dedicated to my electricity use as the largest part of my footprint. I would really like to try and improve in this area, as it would definitely produce the most evident results. I try to take the bus and carpool as much as I can, and it definitely shows since a very small piece of the pie consists of mobility causes. I also believe food is somewhere I can improve on, as I could easily buy more locally grown and whole foods rather than processed and packaged foods at the grocery store.
According to the summary, if everyone consumed at the same rate as me it would take 4.3 Earths to provide an adequate amount of resources for the population. So lucky some people are more responsible than me, and I will work on being more responsible with my consumption to decrease my footprint as much as possible. My consumption rate is considerably higher than what
Wikipedia states to be the average at 1.4 Earths.
There are some pretty clear ways I can adjust my footprint. Mainly I will work on controlling energy use. Beyond that I can basically eat more environmentally friend foods, and try to reduce vehicle use even more than I already do. These are steps I know I can take pretty easily without having to make any major adjustments to my life, so it is not unreasonable to make changes that will benefit the Earth.
I give you kudos on wanting and actually changing things in your life to help our environment. For some people, including me, change isn't always easy. I could probably drive less but I have taken the DTA and wasn't a fan. So I will stick to changing other areas in my footprint such as food products and electricity. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI took up a couple more globes more than you did. I like that you are trying to make adjustments!
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