Ecological footprint quiz

See how earth-friendly you are. I got a total footprint of 11 (they said if everyone lived like me, we'd need 2.6 planets). Not bad, I guess. Let me know what you get.

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp#

Comments

Anonymous said…
Total footprint of 16, 3.7 planets.

--Lobo
9:37 AM
Anonymous said…
oh my!

total footprint, 28

6.3 planets

probably because of my long commute (108 miles/day
10:06 AM
Lisa said…
Yikes!

Total Footprint: 24

Planets: 5.4

I think being single and living in Austin both hurt me. I live alone and drive alone a lot. And public transportation is barely an option here.
10:23 AM
Bridget Unnel said…
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.2 PLANETS.

I'm so ashamed...
10:30 AM
Bearette said…
No shame, Bridge...I think the vegetarian thing helped me.
10:53 AM
Anonymous said…
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7
1.5 PLANETS

I find this somewhat suspicious as I unlike most New Yorkers I drive from time to time. But I guess not eating processed foods goes a long way too.
3:47 PM
Lora said…
16 with the highest score in goods and sevrices. Looks like I need to work on my reduce, reuse, recycle.

I'm excited to see that you have another Austinite reader for me to check out.
11:04 PM
Bearette said…
Yes, I think I have 3 Austin readers: you, Lisa, and Cynthia. It seems like there are a lot of cool people in Austin.
10:48 AM
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