United States: 1b Pre-Conference - Interactive Stimulations

Environment   Aug 8, 2017 by sarahsu

1. Ecological Footprint Calculator -Link

1. What part of your ecological footprint most surprised you?
   1. What surprised me is that if everyone lived the same lifestyle as me, we would require 5.9 earths.
2. How did your footprint compare to your city’s average and your country’s average?
   1. Does not show.
3. What parts of your footprint do you feel is possible to reduce? What parts don’t?
   1. I feel what is possible to reduce is the type of car I use, and what type of foods I eat. What I don’t feel is possible for me currently is to use other means of transportation because I live in a remote area where the road is too skinny and gravelly to bike. I know this because I tried biking and all the skin got scraped off my left arm.

3. Water Footprint Calculator -Link (Global North Schools), Link (Global South Schools)

1. Were you surprised by how much water you consumed?
   1. No, I am not surprised because the amount I used was underneath the global average, meaning it was a reasonable amount.
2. How did your footprint compare to your country’s and the world's average? (You will need to research this.)
   1. The world’s average is above my average. My average is 794 m3 per year, while the global average is 1243 m3 per year.
   2. My country’s average is 2842 m3, way more than my average or the global average.
3. What parts of your footprint do you feel is possible to reduce? What parts don’t?
   1. I feel what is possible to reduce is the amount of meat I eat. I should reduce my meat eating to improve my water footprint and my diet.

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