Saturday, 4 August 2007

Eco footprints

I found this interesting bit of awareness forming from OWailyWaily's blog.
Most of my points come from transport because there just isnt any public transport alternative here and I fly alot.
Anyone else want to have a go it is done by ecofoot.org.
Only I cant get the pretty table to reproduce so it is ascii I'm afraid.

FOOD : 0.6 GLOBAL HECTARES

MOBILITY: 2.5 GLOBAL HECTARES

SHELTER: 0.5 GLOBAL HECTARES

GOODS/SERVICES: 1.4 GLOBAL HECTARES

TOTAL FOOTPRINT: 5 GLOBAL HECTARES

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE ME, WE WOULD NEED 2.8 PLANETS.
Mars here we come!

I also filled it in for how I was living in NL, and I'm no better. It is flying that makes all the difference because of not having private motorised transport keeps my points on that real low. If I did no flying (unlikely if I want to keep travelling), and share my house with someone (hint, hope) I could live within the Earths sustainability limit.
Well food for some thinking maybe.