Here is my Talon Talk about stopping global warming with trees:
Ecological Footprint
Water Use
Shower: +40
Toilet: +15
Washing the car/ watering the garden: +30
Water Usage subtotal: 85
Stuff
Household cleaners: -5
Pesticides: 0
Garbage: +30
Disposable Stuff: +20
Money: 0
Stuff subtotal: 45
Shelter
Rooms in house: 11
People in house: 4
Rooms per person 2.75
Rooms per person: +70
Turn off lights/ appliances: -20
Shelter subtotal: 50
Transportation
Bike: +5
Transit: +30
Car: +100
Time in car: +20
Cars owned: +40
Size of car: +100
Transportation subtotal: 295
Fun
How much land has been changed: +60
Computer: +70
Gear: +40
Fun Subtotal: 170
Food
Where food is from: +20
Organic food: +20
Compost: -5
Food thrown away: +15
Non-organic beef: +40
Non-organic pork: +15
Free range chicken: +5
Wild fish diet: +40
Free range eggs: +20
Fruit: +20
Vegetables: +20
Food Subtotal: 220
Totals
Total points: 865
My ecological footprint is 8.65 hectares
My comparison to others:
7.9, 12.16, 7.9, 6.8, 15.6
Average: 10.072
My ecological footprint is lower than the average from the people that I compared with however it was still higher than the average Canadian ecological footprint.
10 things that increased my score:
5 things that I can try to do to decrease my ecological footprint.
I basically chose all of these because they’ll make a big impact and they are all pretty easy for me to do so I should actually be able to do them all.
Reflection:
The easiest change to make was not eating fish because that isn’t really something that I like very much anyways, and I didn’t eat any over the last few weeks. It was also easy for me to take less food once I got used to taking a bit less. It was harder for me to avoid using disposable items because they are everywhere and I definitely could have done a lot better at that, but I still made an improvement. It was also really hard to avoid using the car, but I still took the bus to and from school everyday and to a few other places and I also rode my bike to get around quite a bit. One of the obstacles I faced was when it was raining in the morning my mom offered to drive me down to the bus stop and I have to walk around 2 km to the bus stop so it was really tempting but I still walked. Especially when it was raining it was hard to wear clothes for two days in a row because they all got wet and dirty. The last obstacle I faced is that we went to Whistler for a weekend which took a lo of driving and I know I used a lot of disposable items there like bags, paper plates from restaurants and snacks. In the future I will try to keep doing all of these because they are all simple and I can keep doing them. Overtime I can start to use the car less and avoid more disposable items because I’ll be getting used to not using them.