Footprint Calculator:

First:

Overshoot Day: June 13th

Earths Needed: 2.2

Ecological Footprint: 3.8

Carbon Footprint: 6.9

Carbon Footprint Percentage of Eco: 62

Second:

Overshoot Day: October 2nd

Earths Needed: 1.3

Ecological Footprint: 2.2

Carbon Footprint: 3.9

Carbon Footprint Percentage of Eco: 61

Nature:

First:

Total Footprint: 44

Percent Better: 48

Second:

Total Footprint: 29

Percent Better: 66

The first thing I learned from completing this exercise is that I most likely filled the forms out wrong. Even with this in mind, I was still able to see the differences that certain lifestyle changes would bring to the planet. Differences that were worth months more of life. It’s important to remember that your life depends on the planet, just as much as the planet depends on us. So the changes I made in the second round of quizzing were things that I could definitely live with, just not in the immediate future.

to be continued