
URL: BreathingEarth | Earth Day Footprint Quiz
Interesting and scary to visually see this.
I don't know how accurate this is, but the statistic rates were taken from the current data at wikipedia.org.
I also took a quiz at Earth Day Footprint... They said if everyone lives like me, we would need 3.3 planets :( ...Sigh... This is not easy, is it?
Here is what they encourage to do as an individuals:
- Eat less meat
- Drive a fuel-efficient vehicle and reduce the amount that you drive.
Walk, Cycle, Carpool, or use Public Transportation instead.
- Avoid purchasing disposable items with lots of packaging.
Re-use items when possible, and always recycle items that are recyclable.
- Compost kitchen waste: Garbage that is not contaminated with degradable (biological) waste can be more easily recycled and sorted, and doesn't produce methane gases (a significant greenhouse gas contributor) when stored in a landfill.
- Plant native and drought-tolerant plants in dry regions to reduce water use.
- Be a conscientious consumer
- Visit the GreenMarketplace
- Share magazines and catalogs by donating them to hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices or by creating an informal program in which you rotate magazines and catalogs among your neighbors.
- Save trees by freeing yourself from junk mail, in three basic steps!
- Reuse and recycle packing materials. You can recycle materials like packing "peanuts"--simply call 1-800-828-2214 for the Plastic Loose Fill Council's "Peanut Hotline" and they'll tell you the nearest recycling location.
(Visit their site to read more detail)
Ok, time to go to Farmer's market now!
Maybe, I'll go with my bicycle this morning...
Here are some of my recommendation for the DVDs to check out.









