I took this quiz:

http://www.earthday.net/f...index.asp#

And even though I'm a vegetarian who has always walked and used public transpo, it says my global footprint is STILL too damn big!

this is an outrage. what more do these environmentalists want from me?!

i'm gonna get back to barbecuing my snow owls over burning tires out in the yard, this is ridiculous.

Anxiety said:

I'm too scared mine wouldn't be a footprint, more like crater

charlottegelin said:

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 2.8

MOBILITY 0

SHELTER 0.7

GOODS/SERVICES 0.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.2 PLANETS.

Keeping in mind that I actually answered honestly :

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 2.2

MOBILITY 4.2

SHELTER 2.7

GOODS/SERVICES 4.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 14

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 3.1 PLANETS.

oh, here are my results:



CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 3.5

MOBILITY 1.7

SHELTER 3

GOODS/SERVICES 3.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 11

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 2.6 PLANETS, YA LARDASS.

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 5.4
MOBILITY 0.5
SHELTER 3.7
GOODS/SERVICES 3.7
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 13


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 3 PLANETS.


i suck.

evenstar3 said:

after seeing that pic of your bedroom, i'm not surprised.

sinisterpentatonic said:

it was just clothes thrown about.

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 3.2

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 7.2

GOODS/SERVICES 6.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 17



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 3.9 PLANETS.

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 4.2
MOBILITY 4.9
SHELTER 3.7
GOODS/SERVICES 7.9
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 21

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 4.7 PLANETS.

Oh, crap.....

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.8 PLANETS AND A SHITLOAD OF COKES.

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 0.7
MOBILITY 0.7
SHELTER 1.4
GOODS/SERVICES 1.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.4

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.4 PLANETS.



I feel guilty now

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.6

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2 PLANETS.

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 5.4

MOBILITY 3

SHELTER 2.2

GOODS/SERVICES 3.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 14

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 3.2 PLANETS.

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 0.6

MOBILITY 1.1

SHELTER 0.3

GOODS/SERVICES 1.8

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.8



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 1.5 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.1 PLANETS.

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 0.9

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 0.8

GOODS/SERVICES 0.6

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.5



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.4 PLANETS.

If that's accurate (but fortunately it's not) then we should all be living in green-design houses about the size of a cardboard box, with at least 7 other people, no running water, live on fruit and nuts and never travel anywhere.

AsylumUtopia said:

If you travel a lot you will see that there are a lot of people in the world who do live in very small houses, if they have shelter at all, with no running water and very little food and certainly no money to travel. We here on the Org with computers, supermarkets and cars, are the very fortunate few.

Reincarnate said:

Ahhh, but by traveling you increase your footprint through the consumption of airline fuel

This was/is depressing.

I got a 4, needing 2.2 planets to sustain a world of me?

Can we borrow venus?

PREDOMINANT said:

true

... but it doesn't negate the point that much of the world lives in poverty.

Reincarnate said:

I know, what's your point ?

AsylumUtopia said:

My point is that you were saying it's not accurate. Then you said:

AsylumUtopia said:

Well, the majority of the world do live in similar circumstances to this. We in the west are very fortunate not to. The Ecological Footprint test will tell them that they are using a fraction of the world's resources as opposed to our 2.5 planets and above. We need to find ways of redressing the balance so that it's fairer to everyone, ie driving more fuel-efficient vehicles and buying more local produce.

Reincarnate said:[quote]

AsylumUtopia said:

I agree with what you say, and I withdraw my comment. The quiz is relatively accurate. I was reading more into it than is actually there. It suggests that if, for instance, all 6 billion of us lived the lifestyle of the average US citizen, then we would need the resources of 4 or 5 earths. My accusation of it being inaccurate was based on the (my) assumption that it was saying that we need the resources of 4 or 5 earths in order for us all to maintain a certain level of lifestyle. While this is true at the moment, it's only true because of our gross mismanagement and misuse of our resources. If we used our resources more efficiently we wouldn't need as many earths in order for us all to live at that level. But of course the quiz doesn't suggest otherwise, and it's based on our current woefully wasteful use of resources.

We'll clone another world!

Who's with me?

I know Fauxie 2 is.

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 4.2

MOBILITY 4.2

SHELTER 5.4

GOODS/SERVICES 6.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 20



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 4.6 PLANETS.

tackam said:

Me too