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Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint

Q Ecological Footprint Go to the following website: http://www.footprintcalculator.org/ Click on Take the First Step Enter your email and continue as a Guest Go through each section and answers the questions about your lifestyle. At the end of the quiz, you will see a summary of your ecological footprint. Use that to answer the following questions: 1. How many Earth’s does it take to sustain your lifestyle? 2. What is the largest area of use for you? (Food, shelter, mobility, goods, services) 3. How many acres does it take to sustain your lifestyle? 4. List two actions that you can take to reduce your footprint (click on ‘explore solutions”, or come up with your own).

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Submit the answers to Canvas. Based on the survey taken on the website, I would require 5.2 earth in my lifetime to sustain my lifestyle which is not a positive sign for future. based on the achieved data, the largest area of use for me is food and I would require about 8.9 global hectare to sustain my lifestyle. Carbon footprint is the highest which is not a positive sign for the environment and requires to take some steps which reduces emission and leads to sustainable use of resources along with mainly focusing on renewable or green source of energy.