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  1. 03-24-2006, 05:14 PM #1
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    Default Your ecological footprint (quiz)

    How do you rate?

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  2. 03-24-2006, 05:47 PM #2
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    Great site! I'm upset that my number was a 19. If everyone lived like me, we would need 4.2 planets.
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    I scored 19 and it says we would need 4.4 planets.
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  4. 03-24-2006, 06:18 PM #4
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    I got an 11 and I would need 2.5 planets! YIKES!
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  5. 03-24-2006, 06:19 PM #5
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    My number was a 12, if everyone lived like me we would need 2.7 planets!
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  6. 03-24-2006, 07:35 PM #6
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    Mine was 13 and we'd need 3 planets. Wow!! makes you think doesn't it!

    One of the questions struck me. {urchasing my food and products locally and without packaging. I sure wish I could get back to those days.. kind of like 'Little House on the Prairie.
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  7. 03-24-2006, 09:30 PM #7
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    My number was 11 and we'd need 2.4 planets.
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    We would need 4.8 planets to live like me, and I'm a lot easier on the planet than most people I know!

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    I scored a 10 and would need 2.4 planets!!
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  10. 03-28-2006, 02:16 PM #10
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    I got a 10 - 2.3 planets.

    Did you notice that the average for Americans is 24?

    Thanks for sharing this!
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    TOTAL FOOTPRINT 15

    IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.4 PLANETS.

    This did make me feel better though:
    IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.
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    I did score a 24, because my job requires that I commute 45 miles one way every day, and I can't take public transportation. I also have to fly occasionally. When I took the test again, calculating what my mileage, etc would be if I were retired and not having to commute daily, it went down to 12. So I guess the answer is that I should quit my job, build a yurt, and raise llamas!
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    3.3 planets
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    It seems that I did well. My score was 2,7, (only 1,5 planets). I don´t eat meat and I don´t drive a car. The average score in my country is 8,4. I think that good public transportation has something to do with it and we propably have smaller houses.
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    CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

    FOOD 2.2

    MOBILITY 0

    SHELTER 1.1

    GOODS/SERVICES 1.1

    TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.4



    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 2.4 PLANETS
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