Ecological Footprint Quiz

[which doctor]

http://www.myfootprint.org/

Go there and take the quiz and find out how large your ecological footprint is. You can also find out how many worlds would be needed if everyone lived like you.

I took the quiz and I wasn't too stunned with my results, here they are.




CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 4.2
MOBILITY 2
SHELTER 5.2
GOODS/SERVICES 6.4
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 18



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4 PLANETS.

At least I live quite a bit below the average for the United States.

Click here to take the test (http://myfootprint.org)

[More Fire for the People]

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 5.4
MOBILITY 0.2
SHELTER 6.2
GOODS/SERVICES 5.9
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 18

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4 PLANETS.

I'd like to live in a semi-commune but this town is fucking dead. Its only hope is to become a suburb which is already happening.

[rioters bloc]

i've done this before, last time i think i needed 4.5 planets

that was abt a year ago though

this is mine now

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.1
MOBILITY 0.4
SHELTER 0.8
GOODS/SERVICES 1.2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.5


IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.9 PLANETS.

[Wanted Man]

Awesome, I took this long ago and I think I required 1.8 planets at the time. Got to go now, but when I'm back I'll retake it and post results.

[OkaCrisis]

I did this last year, and got the exact same result... Yay consistency!

FOOD- 1.1
MOBILITY- 0
SHELTER 1.1
GOODS/SERVICES- 0.8
TOTAL FOOTPRINT- 3

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.7 PLANETS.

[Wanted Man]

All right then.

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.7
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 0.6
GOODS/SERVICES 0.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.9



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.6 PLANETS.

[which doctor]

Im jealous of how small your feet are. :lol:

[Rockfan]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.3
MOBILITY 1.5
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 2.1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7.4

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.1 PLANETS.

Some of the questions are hard, I don't know how much fuel my car uses per 100kms. I feel bad, thats alot of planets.

[bed_of_nails]

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 4.9

MOBILITY 2

SHELTER 1

GOODS/SERVICES 2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 10



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.2 PLANETS.

I am impressed. I live far out of town, have to drive myself, live in a large house due to the barn, dont have public transportation that goes this far, cant walk or bike into town, and eat a great deal of meat.

[Lord Testicles]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 0.7
MOBILITY 0.7
SHELTER 0.6
GOODS/SERVICES 1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.7 PLANETS.


Well we better find another planet then.

[RedAnarchist]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 1.5

MOBILITY 0.1

SHELTER 0.4

GOODS/SERVICES 0.4

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.4



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.3 PLANETS.

[Sir Aunty Christ]

FOOD 1.4

MOBILITY 0.7

SHELTER 0.4

GOODS/SERVICES 0.6

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.1

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.7 PLANETS.

[pedro san pedro]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 1

MOBILITY 0.3

SHELTER 0.3

GOODS/SERVICES 0.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.1



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.2 PLANETS


guess that puts me in the lead :P

thats a pretty damned simplistic test though

[Clutch]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 3.1
MOBILITY 0.5
SHELTER 0.2
GOODS/SERVICES 0.7
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.5



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.5 PLANETS.


I'm worse than a V8 Range Rover. :unsure: :(

[Clutch]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2005, 10:04 AM
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.3
MOBILITY 1.5
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 2.1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7.4

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.1 PLANETS.

Some of the questions are hard, I don't know how much fuel my car uses per 100kms. I feel bad, thats alot of planets.
What kind of car? I could probably tell you off-hand.

[Commie Rat]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 2.6

MOBILITY 0.1

SHELTER 0.3

GOODS/SERVICES 0.4

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.4



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.9 PLANETS.


I was really suprised by this, i thought i would consume alot more.

[polemi-super-cised]

CATEGORY // GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD - 1.3
MOBILITY - 0.3
SHELTER - 0.6
GOODS/SERVICES - 0.5
TOTAL FOOTPRINT - 2.7

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY [Uk] IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.5 PLANETS.


Wow... If that's a true reflection of "the state of things" I'm rather shocked...
We're all doomed. :D

[diamond_rabbit]

hey, i thought i was going to do much worse than this, living in canada and all. but i guess the constant guilt for my complicity in perpetuating injustices because of where I live has paid off! :P over the years, i have put a lot of effort into minimizing my footprint, and this reflects in the questions they asked. but they didn't take into consideration my weaknesses... like. if they had included "how often do you shop at the dollar store," i think i would have done a lot worse :(

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 0.5

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 0.6

GOODS/SERVICES 0.6

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 1.9



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.1 PLANETS.

[Rockfan]

Originally posted by Clutch+Dec 15 2005, 08:27 PM--> (Clutch @ Dec 15 2005, 08:27 PM)
[email protected] 14 2005, 10:04 AM
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.3
MOBILITY 1.5
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 2.1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7.4

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.1 PLANETS.

Some of the questions are hard, I don't know how much fuel my car uses per 100kms. I feel bad, thats alot of planets.
What kind of car? I could probably tell you off-hand. [/b]
My pearnts own 3 cars and our quad bike, fuckin shit load.
Some volvo thing, a mitsy pajero and nd dads old rugged ute :D .

[Janus]

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 3.7

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 3.7

GOODS/SERVICES 2.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 10


IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.3 PLANETS.



How come most of you guys make only a 2-4 acre footprint? Are you subsistence farmers or something? This is one reason why it's extremely frustrating to hear ignorant people in developed nations blame the pollution and ecological problems on the overpopulation in developing nations. They simply don't understand that their children creates more pollution and makes a larger footprint than say around 8 or 9 Nepalese kids.

[diamond_rabbit]

Originally posted by Comrade [email protected] 15 2005, 02:09 PM
How come most of you guys make only a 2-4 acre footprint? Are you subsistence farmers or something? This is one reason why it's extremely frustrating to hear ignorant people in developed nations blame the pollution and ecological problems on the overpopulation in developing nations. They simply don't understand that their children creates more pollution and makes a larger footprint than say around 8 or 9 Nepalese kids.
no, i'm not a subsistence farmer

i think it has a lot to do with where you live and how few resources you have.

for example, i live, work, and go to school in downtown toronto. i basically never leave downtown. this means that i walk pretty much everywhere, and only very occasionally take the subway. i don't have a car.

i rarely leave town because i don't have a lot of time or money. if i had more money, i would travel. but since i don't, i don't fly much.

also, i live in a very small apartment because rent in downtown toronto is very high.

as for the food thing, i'm vegan so that accounts for the low food score.


i am well aware that if i were living in rural ontario, i would probably have some kind of vehicle and probably a bigger apartment (since places are more affordable), which would lead to a higher score.

[Rockfan]

That like the opposite to me, I live half an hour out of town, my pearents own a farm andown numours cars and have 4 kids. We produce alot of pollution.

[Clutch]

The Volvo, if it's as old as I think it is, would be 10-15l/100km. The Pajero, if it's a V6 would be around 15l/100km, if it's a turbo-diesel, then it's about 10-11l/100km

[Rockfan]

cool thanks, it that very economical, I'm guessing it's not.

[Clutch]

Not really, they're old cars with old engines.

[Organic Revolution]

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 2
MOBILITY 0.2
SHELTER 3.2
GOODS/SERVICES 2.5
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 8



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.8 PLANETS.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

The questions like "do you have electricity in your home" are idiotic. If you're taking a test on a computer it's fairly safe to say that you do.

I took this a while ago, and just now again to waste some time. Here's my results:

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 0.6
MOBILITY 0.6
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 1.3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 2 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.7 PLANETS.


I had to use Costa Rica because my country wasn't available.

[Rockfan]

Well they could be doing it from a cyber cafe or something but yeah, good observation, I never thought of that.

[apathy maybe]

edit.

[Noah]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.5
MOBILITY 0.2
SHELTER 0.8
GOODS/SERVICES 0.8
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.3



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.8 PLANETS

[dannie]

FOOD 1.5
MOBILITY 0.1
SHELTER 0.6
GOODS/SERVICES 0.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.8



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 6.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.6 PLANETS.


i guess the foodthing would go down next year when i start producing my own veggies again

[Luís Henrique]

FOOD 1.2
MOBILITY 0.3
SHELTER 1
GOODS/SERVICES 1.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.1

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 2.4 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.3 PLANETS.

Hrm.

So chicken and cattle leave the same footprint, eh? Somehow I don't think so.

Apparently, what one does when s/he, well, you know, erm, works doesn't matter. So if I ride a car daily to work in garbage recycling plant, I have a larger foot print than if I go by bike to work in a woodmill? Again, I don't think so.

Luís Henrique

[gewehr_3]

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 4.7
MOBILITY 0.2
SHELTER 4.2
GOODS/SERVICES 3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 12



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.7 PLANETS.

[bed_of_nails]

How do the worldwide Biologically productive acres change with every person?

This makes absolutely no sense.

[Enragé]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 1.3

MOBILITY 0.1

SHELTER 0.6

GOODS/SERVICES 0.8

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.8



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.6 PLANETS.


....thats not so bad is it :huh: