My Environmental Footprint
By fufurinha
@fufurinha (11930)
Portugal
October 7, 2015 10:34am CST
I have just found out about an online website that calculates your environmental footprint. It has simple questions and you can answer them quickly.
My result was 3.62. Which means that "We would need 3.62 planets if everyone lived your lifestyle" and they tell us that we only have one.
This makes us think about what we are doing to our planet.
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16 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Oct 15
That site has some of the questions with no option for "None of the above". As such, this does not cater to many things - and if I have to continue, I have to put in wrong inputs (or select wrong and non-applicable options). This makes the entire survey or generation of the reports wrong.
So my take, this is just another website, without any value for me. Sorry.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
7 Oct 15
I've never seen this before..does it serve brownies?..hahaha
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@vandana7 (98873)
• India
7 Oct 15
@fufurinha ..who on earth needs 3 + planets unless they are that bloated.
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
7 Oct 15
@vandana7 Some one who is doing bad things to the environment.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 Oct 15
some questions are hard to answer, maybe it depends on the country. anyway i got a 2.7, but i doubt if it's accurate.
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@LeaPea2417 (36474)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 Oct 15
That is interesting, I will have to check that site out.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
7 Oct 15
It's rigged. The flight thing had a bigger impact because it's based on UK being zone 1, and my flight was between 3 and 4, and I only fly once every so many years. Anyway, it said 2.63 for me. Which is the reverse of your numbers. :P
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
7 Oct 15
@fufurinha You travel more, so that's why!
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
7 Oct 15
@OneOfMany Yes, I traveled a lot last year.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
8 Oct 15
so that means we are that wasteful? is that what they measure?
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
8 Oct 15
To some degree that is what I think they are getting at. If you use 10 times more paper tissue then your carbon footprint is bigger than if you didn't. However if you plant trees then paper is available for the life style you want but how can you produce paper without making big smoke, again part of the carbon footprint.
Inuit saying, "big sled, no dogs"
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
8 Oct 15
@Bluedoll We have to make things better if we want to live in this planet for some more years.
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Animal Skin.... that will unleash another story and draw the wrath of a few activists of today for sure 
They did not have enough options for me to keep continuing 
Am I unfit for the Universe or too very fit
i'm sorry Mother earth, i had a hard time converting the pounds though@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
11 Oct 15
@fufurinha haha, yeah.. although i wonder how eating organic food helps the planet.. they are much more expensive than normal ones 
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
11 Oct 15
@lady1993 yes, that is the worst problem about that food. it is soooo expensive.
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
10 Oct 15
It is a better result than most of us ahaha
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@spleendingo1 (801)
• Grand Haven, Michigan
8 Oct 15
I got 2.63 so you beat me. Now I have to find ways to deplete the resources faster lol 
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
8 Oct 15
You still have a lot to improve in your life style.
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
9 Oct 15
@spleendingo1 LOOOL, eating vegetables is really bad,
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@spleendingo1 (801)
• Grand Haven, Michigan
9 Oct 15
@fufurinha No I don't. They mentioned aweful, horrifying things like eating more VEGETABLES and DRIVING LESS. What am I? An Animal?!? lmao 
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
8 Oct 15
Okay, so we would need 3.39 planets if everyone lives like I do.
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@atlantickitfox (6)
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14 Apr 16
This was interesting. The UK version didn't work well for the U.S., but as I knew, my footprint is high. In many of our cities, public transport isn't a viable option. For example, where I live in Arizona, the bus would take 3 hours. I can drive in 20 minutes. In other cities, such as Boston, it's very feasible.
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
14 Apr 16
I am not a big "friend" of our environment. It feels so good to use a car instead of walking for example. And I love to eat meat.
@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
8 Oct 15
Yes, we should change some of our habits in order to make this planet live a bit more.
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@marguicha (215604)
• Chile
9 Oct 15
I guess I will take that test, I wonder what the rich people use!
