Global Footprints

[Izzy ♥]

Most of you have probably seen this before, one of my friends sent it to me (she's a geography major XD), and I was curious - what do you all get when you take the quiz?

 

http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp

 

Mine was 7.2 (Oops...), and the average down here in NZ is apparently 8.7!

[cloudedsunny]

I got 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. "

[Guest Kaguroi Haato]

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 5.7

MOBILITY 0.5

SHELTER 3.5

GOODS/SERVICES 3.7

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 13

 

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 3 PLANETS.

 

I'm a waster compared to you guys, But a Hectare is larger than an Acre ain't it?

[ChannaSAURUS]

FOOD - 1.1

MOBILITY - 0

SHELTER - 0.5

GOODS/SERVICES - 0.4

TOTAL FOOTPRINT - 2

 

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.

 

^___^

[Myriad]

Lol! I did this in class once, and I was 3.5. Now...

 

 

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

 

FOOD 2.8

 

MOBILITY 0.2

 

SHELTER 0.5

 

GOODS/SERVICES 0.7

 

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.2

 

If everyone lived like you, we would need 2.5 planets!

[Zac]

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 13

 

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

 

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.

 

((*cries*))

[The Original Luna]

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

 

FOOD 1.5

 

MOBILITY 0.3

 

SHELTER 0.6

 

GOODS/SERVICES 0.7

 

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.

[Captain Awesome Pants]

Okay, for the size of the town I live in does tha tmean people or land size?