Week Three Questions & Response

1. Do we all have the same sized eco-footprint?
Not everyone has the same sized ecological footprint, because everyone lives in a different way. There are heaps of reasons why some people have large eco-footprints, some people live with huge eco-footprints because of their job, flying and driving around a heap, some people aren’t aware, some people don’t care, some people can’t see themselves changing for a better environment, but some people live like hippies or are just well aware of the consequences.
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2. What have you found out relating to how Ecological Footprints differ?
I’ve found out about how every day things, like meat products greatly affect the size of someone’s eco-footprint. If someone is a vegetarian or a vegan, their eco-footprint would angrily be much lower than someone who eats meat on a regular basis. Things like how often you buy new clothes, house hold items and appliances greatly affect someone’s eco-footprint, so if someone hasn’t got enough money, or doesn’t find it necessary to buy these things very often, their eco-footprint would be smaller than others. The smallest things can help with someone’s ecological footprint, without anyone even noticing, like recycling a bit more often, or using air-cons & heaters less. So, if a vegan were to buy second-hand goods & clothes, not own heaters or air conditioners, and recycle everything, they would be a hippy. (and they would have a very small ecological footprint)
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3. What affects the size of the Ecological Footprint?
I covered pretty much covered that while answering question 2. But, here’s a small list.
Meat & animal products (eggs, milk etc.)
Processed, packaged or imported food
Amount of waste generated
Materials used in your house
Electricity/energy consumed
Renewable electricity
Use of public transport
Use of cars
Use of motorbikes
Use of aeroplanes
All of these things make differences to your ecological footprint
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What are some practical things we as individuals, groups, businesses, and countries all do to reduce our Ecological Footprint?
As individuals, people can try to eat less animals & animal products, drive less, use less electricity and water and try to use renewable resources (renewable electricity, recyclables, etc.) to make a good start for a sustainable future. As groups, we can travel together, widen awareness for the matter, mass recycle & help others to do so. All these ideas can also be a very good help for the world. Businesses can mainly rely more on using less recourses, and countries can make a push towards using less, recycling more, using solar, wind & maybe water power. If all of these things could be done, we would be well on our way to being able to sustain the world.
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