Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint Reflection
June 1, 2010

I have always been aware that I can be wasteful and wouldn’t call myself the “greenest” person but I had no idea that I was as wasteful to the extent that my ecological footprint quiz showed me. If everyone in the world lived like me we would need 5.7 planets. I was disgusted with myself and how wasteful of a person that I am. From now I am going to be more careful with the products I consume and think before I buy. I believe that if everyone took the ecological footprint quiz that it would create awareness to people that they need to cut down on their consumption and really buckle down and become a greener community.

Americans have been known to be the most wasteful country. Also in last couple of years our consumption has tripled. If we keep living this way there is no way earth will be able to sustain this much consumption. We will soon run out of resources and have nothing left of this beautiful planet that we took for granted. It’s not just only Americans that are responsible for polluting the earth, but everyone. We as a world need to work together to sustain this planet that we call our home. We need to start working now and decreasing what we consume each day. It will be a struggle in the beginning, but once it becomes a lifestyle, consuming less will come naturally.

For my part of consuming less I would like to eat less packaged foods and eat more fruits and vegetables that do not harm the environment after consumption. I also will start being more conscious about recycling every bottle and piece of paper. These are resources that I am throwing away that can be reused and made into another product.