Ecological Footprint

# of earths: 7.3
lowest: garbage x1
highest: food x12
After taking the consumer consequences quiz, my score was equivalent to 7.3 Earths, with my lowest footprint correlating to garbage and my highest correlating to food. I'm not a big fan of surveys like this, because the data presented is completely arbitrary: even the link that explained how the results were tallied gave no specific information. I personally don't believe that I consume more than I reasonably should. The fact that my food score heavily skewed my total score upwards basically negates the entire game, because I'm not about to stop eating any time soon. Other than that, I really doubt I consume more than the average American: I live in a huge apartment building with a minuscule electric bill, only drive to work and school, and fly a couple times a year.

I'm in the process of replacing my light bulbs with CFLs, mostly for economic reasons. And I recycled about 25 pounds of bottles yesterday, along with a month's worth of newspapers. And I don't buy as much as I used to, once again for economic reasons. I'm also trying to cut down on the amount of grains and dairy I eat.