I just took the quiz at http://www.myfootprint.org/ to find out my ecological footprint, or environmental impact, on the earth and its resources. This is a quiz that asks questions from where do you shop to how many people live in your house to make this determination. On my own quiz, I scored a 236.42, which translates into the need for me to use 6, yes 6, earths. The scale rates your need by evaluating your carbon footprint, food footprint, housing footprint, and goods and services footprint. Take this test when you are just sitting around when there is nothing on TV. It's painless. This helped me to understand that we can live the ways we do because there are people in the world that can't even imagine the luxuries we have in the United States. I, for one, am not saying to become a tree hugging hippie and live in a tent. But we can all turn off a light switch when we leave a room. Every little thing helps whether we realize it or not.
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