Earth Day 2006
And I didn’t even know until this morning. Maybe if this was more widely known or reported things could change. Take the Ecological Footprint Test. My score:
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 5.4
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3 PLANETS.
Ah, and I thought I was doing well. I know I’m doing well so it’s scary to think about others. For instance we put one garbage bag on the curb per week. But next door they put half a dozen per week at least. Im a vegetarian (which is good in this test), but maybe one of the only ones in town. What is everyone else’s footprint? What would W.’s be?
Maybe everyone should be required to take this.