Ecological Footprint
Your ecological footprint is unique for each person. It is something that is determined based on every decision we make that would have some sort of effect on the environment; from buying that organic fruit to eating at Burger King. Everyone makes their "footprint" on this Earth, so why not make it as small as possible? Calculation wise, it is important to understand what category of our livelihood makes the most impact. For myself, food and mobility are the top two with food almost doubling mobility. I would need 2.9 Earths and my Earth overshoot day would be May 6th. The calculator itself was very thorough in what it asked for to determine my ecological footprint. Was it accurate? I had to guestimate the transportation portion of the calculator to the best of my abilities, but I believe it is pretty accurate. Just as a thought about overall footprint including at work, we do not recycle anything other than cardboard(which I am a little surprised with how much we use p...