"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." --Voltaire

Monday, April 23, 2007

What is your ecological footprint?


Sunday, 22 April, was Earth Day, an event begun in 1970 to focus attention on environamental issues. Today, more than ever, the effects of man's activities on the ecosystem are a matter of serious concern.

Discover your individual impact on the environment by taking the following short quiz to calculate the amount of the Earth's resources that you use in comparison to other people on the planet.

Post your score as a comment.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My total footprint is 17 acres, and, if everyone on earth lived as I do, it would take 3.9 Earths to sustain us.

Anonymous said...

My footprint is 14 and it would take 3.5 earths.

Anonymous said...

OMG! 37 acres! 8.9 planets! I'm a total parasite!