Ecological Footprint

If you're curious like me, you may be wondering how much impact we create on our environment. Ecological Footprint is the the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. In order to find the size of your Ecological Footprint you may visit the website linked and take the quiz today!

What It Measures

This Ecological Footprint Quiz measures the area of land and ocean required to support our consumption of food, goods and services, wastes. energy and housings. Our footprint is broken down into four consumption categories: carbon, food, housing, and goods and services.

Reducing Your Ecological Footprint

Didn't like your results? There are many ways you can reduce the footprint you leave on this planet. You can amplify your impact by encouraging others to follow your lead.

The following list is just a couple of ways you can reduce your footprint:

• use cleaner transport
• add energy saving features to your home
• add energy saving habits
• reduce food footprint (ex: gardening)
• adapt saving water habits