ANALYTIC MEMORANDUM #2: ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
click on this link:
http://www.footprintcalculator.org/
Please carefully make your way through the Ecological Footprint quiz, taking notes on the questions, and saving the results on your computer.
At the end of the quiz, make note of your “Earth Overshoot Day” and how many earths we would need if everyone had your lifestyle.
Click on details. Make note of your Ecological Footprint and your Carbon Footprint Make note of what Consumption Categories were most and least responsible for your Ecological Footprint.
After you have spent some time reflecting on this data, write a two-page essay discussing the results of your quiz and your reactions to this assignment.
Your essay should be well organized, interesting to read, and free of spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors. In the course of your essay, please incorporate answers to most, if not all the following questions:
What do you think is the main point of this quiz? How did you feel when you were taking it?
Was there anything surprising in it? What Consumption Categories are mainly responsible for your Ecological Footprint? Which categories are less important? Does this information sound right to you? Why or why not? What is your exact ecological footprint? How many earths would it take if everyone on the planet had your lifestyle? When is your “Earth Overshoot Day”? How many tonnes of carbon does this simulation estimate that you are putting into the atmosphere each year? In your own words, why do you think your footprint is so large? How might your ecological footprint be reduced? What factors might prevent you from doing so? After taking this quiz, are you now more interested in doing so? Why/why not? Explain.
Finally, at some point in your paper, please make at least one reference to and incorporate into your paper material from the Hite & Seitz book. You should do this to to reinforce the points you are making and to better explain the impact of your consumption habits on the environment. When you