Ecological Footprint Survey Essay

The Ecological Footprint Survey is a survey that measures the human demand in the Earth’s ecosystems and the amount of natural capital used each year. When I first started this project I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into so I took the ecological footprint survey on footprintnetwork.org. When I saw my results I was in complete shock. I was so disappointed in myself. I felt like I was killing this planet. The results I received actually scared me because if there are more people out there like me, this planet probably wouldn’t be in existence right now. My results showed that if more people where like me, we would need 4.2 planet Earth’s to provide enough resources. If I thought my results were bad, imagine people who

Those people would probably need 50 planet Earth’s to sustain them. According to my ecological footprint survey, the main thing that affects me is “services”, which is at 46%. This means that I use appliances a lot and waste too much gas. Was to reduce this is to unplug objects that are not in use such as cell phone chargers and laptop chargers. Also, to reduce gas, carpooling would be a great alternative. The next thing I scored high in was goods and food. The percentage wasn’t too high, but it was enough to make an impact. This ecological footprint is what will help motivate me to reduce energy usage at home for this energy reduction project. Seeing the results of this ecological footprint has helped me see that I am helping contribute to the deterioration of this planet and I refuse to participate in that manner anymore. I am going to use the results of this footprints took make a better imprint on this planet. I am going to go out into the world and share my results so that people are aware of what we are doing to our home. I will create a new footprint. A footprint that will change this planet forever. I am determined to make a

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At the beginning of the Climate Change – Home Energy Consumption project, the electricity bill was $194.10 and the amount of KWH used was 1665. When I first saw this, my initial reaction was “wow, I really have to cut down on my energy consumption.” My first plan of action was to do the FPL Home Survey. This survey was very helpful because it brought to my attention the areas in which my family and I were using way to much electricity. Some of these areas where cooling and heating, entertainment, water heating, laundry, ceiling fans and lights. These areas were big energy consumption spots because at my house everyone likes the temperature to be at 72 degrees, but that can’t be. There is a fan in every room, so it is not necessary to keep the air-conditioning so cool. This was also part of my plan of action. We raised the A/C to 76 degrees. The entertainment area was a tough one to implement because when it is not a television on, it is a radio and when it is not a radio, someone is playing a video game, and when it is not a video game, someone is on the computer. I had to tell the family to turn off the television and