Eco Footprint

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by prozac

^there's no choice in the ubc one for not having a car, it assumes you have a car...

yeah that is weird. i just put the best fuel efficiency, heh.

[elliot]

the key to winning this is being extremely poor. eating and travelling without a lot of excitment and excess. unless you count eating in season and running for the bus as excitment, which i do.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.1 PLANETS. on the earth day one, and 1.58 earths on the ubc one. its a nice touch how it tells you your results in all caps.

[starbright]

this is like looking at the issue through a piece of swiss cheese.

[starbright]

ON ACID

[Ree Fresh]

I think we deserve some credit for living in a country with a very low birth rate, air care, and recycling programs.

[starbright]

recycling is important but it also gives people a false sense of comfort.
the processes involved take a lot of energy and aren't always environmentally friendly themselves.

you have to go thru a complete paradigm shift.
holistic thinking has to be applied to all aspects of your life...

i'm really curious about what conditions they have for the end of the world.
maybe it's good for raising awareness but there is no way an online survey like that could measure this kind of thing.

for instance, globalization and the excessive use of airplanes is hardly factored in.
i don't know anyone who lives off a local diet. if you comsume a lot of fruit or buy a lot of factory goods (clothing, electronics, booze, whatever...) from overseas that is a factor.

what will make the greatest impact is when the governments implement widespread regulations to industry and social practices.
green technology /power with sustainable living constructs.
densification over sprawl with population increase.
co-operative living, drastically reducing consumption and therefore waste production.


i wish we would just run out of oil already.

[cubed]

^get a job ya hippie!!!

:P

[Revolver]

well....i had a score of 10.3 planets!!!!!.

holy shit!. well, i eat meat and dairy, i drive to work and everywhere else, i fly to alot of far off places (14 hr flights on avergage)

so what.fuck off.....i recycle.

fucking commies.

[decypher]

I'm so green my underwear biodegrades in my sleep.

[decypher]

Originally Posted by Revolver

well....i had a score of 10.3 planets!!!!!.

holy shit!. well, i eat meat and dairy, i drive to work and everywhere else, i fly to alot of far off places (14 hr flights on avergage)

so what.fuck off.....i recycle.

fucking commies.

lol it's definately the flying that does it. George Strombo had a segment on the Hour where his coworker took an eco footprint test with david suzuki and she won because of how often he uses planes to travel.

[wishbone]

Category Global Hectares
Food 2.4
Mobility 0.3
Shelter 0.8
Goods/services 0.8
Total Footprint 4.3



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 2.4 Planets.

[SEAN!]

holy fuck i got 11.7

[mapleleaf4ever]

If everyone lived like me we'd need 3.2 Planets.