gard

Hi

How big is your ecological footprint? Take the test on http://www.ecofoot.org/ and check it out. My footprint is 7 so I was below average for Norway at least. But I guess this can get us to focus a bit on the way we live. Maybe there are actions that we can take to make this into a better world

Regards
Gard
http://gardkarlsen.com - trip reports and pictures

FainaAgain

I got 12 :'>

And Paris Hilton's foot is size 11, seriously! Her shoe size is 11, I heard it on TV!

Are they serious, there ARE houses without electrisity?

NoFlyZone

Oh gosh, got 34. Is that really bad?

JAGIRL

I couldn't click on Jamaica.
So I clicked US instead...not a true test result.
My footprint is 13. And apparently that's not good. I'm told by that website that :
<font color="blue"> &quot;IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3 PLANETS.&quot;
</font>

gard

<font color="blue">Test</font>

giada

Mine is 3.

But it's still not so good. If everybody lived like me we'd need 1.7 planets! Eeeek!!! I'm killing the planet!

rizzo0904

I got a 22!!!

AnnMarie_C

28--I'm so ashamed! I'll add this to my list of reasons for going to hell. &gt;

JAGIRL

I think it depends on where you live. In some places the footprint thing is higher. E.g. In U.K. the average is 5 and in U.S. the average is 11 or 12 I think.
But it does make you wonder though...

NoFlyZone

It also seems to be quite skewed towards urban dwellers and pins more of a footprint on those of us who live in rural areas. But that's not necessarily bad as it looks fairly legitimate that rural folk would naturally tend to have a larger footprint as a natural course.

Tries2PakLite

6.8 planets! But I recycle everything! I didn't get any points for that. I'm mortified.

JAGIRL

O.k. so this is pretty interesting.
I didn't know that a kettle and a hair drier each burn almost as much electricity as a clothesdrier!

http://tinyurl.com/q85su

SamH

Hmmm... I'm surprised that no one is falling off the planet. I think someone should just turn off their lights and live in the dark so I have more room.

katharineclifton

5.8

mikemo

Answering honestly 18.4 (incl flying &gt; 100 hours a year): need 10.2 planets for me.
M

L_zee

giada - what things do you do to keep your profile to a 3? I got an embarassingly high number. When I played around with it I got down to a 4 by living with 4 people in a 1000 sq ft house, never driving or flying, occasionally taking public transport, being a vegan, walking or biking everywhere, etc.

SamH

While this was fun and entertaining, I suspect the websites host has a different agenda than I. And to come up with a score of 3 I would imagine you cannot be using a computer that runs on electricity.

giada

L_zee
I told them I lived in England! I think Europe tends to have a lower number than US. The average in England is 5 I think.
But note: If everyone lived like me we'd need 1.7 planets!

Wednesday

20...yikes....

Sue_xx_yy

Gard, I enjoy your travelogues but I gotta tell you, that website was...well....I am amused to find that it assumes (for example) that people living in or near Yellowknife would somehow be able to live a 'purer' existence by adopting a vegan diet using locally grown products(a Nobel really ought to go to these people if they can actually figure out how to get rice, beans, broccoli, etc. to grow north of 60 degrees latitude, outside of a heated greenhouse with flown-in materials); don't need to fly or drive long distances (hilarious - do they really imagine medical services, or even medical equipment, etc. is available everywhere in the world within walking distance?); or three, that 'getting around by animal power is better' and 'less meat consumption is better' are somehow necessarily compatible options ( traditional dogsleds required a lot of meat to power them, dogs not being enthusiastic vegans, and horses being decidedly unenthusiastic about living outdoors north of 60.)

They then ask for a donation. Unfortunately they didn't specify of what they wished a donation, which leaves it wide open..