Friday, November 21, 2008

What Is Your Eco Footprint?

You've heard it said many times, but what is a carbon-footprint? Any ideas? Well now is your chance to find out. Take the quiz at myfootprint.org and find out what your personal carbon footprint is.

The Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates the area of land and ocean required to support your consumption of food, goods, services, housing, and energy and assimilate your wastes. Your ecological footprint is expressed in "global hectares" or "global acres", which are standardized units that take into account the differences in biological productivity of various ecosystems impacted by your consumption activities. Your footprint is broken down into four consumption categories: carbon (home energy use and transportation), food, housing, and goods and services.

Click here to take the quiz.

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