What is your Ecofootprint

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What is your Eco-footprint

• Go to www.myfootprint.org/
• Put in your information.
• Take the quiz.
• How did you do?

2
What can you do?

• I challenge you as a class to come up with 50
  things one individual can do to combat global
  warming!

3
Challenge

• Take 5-10 minutes and individually write down as
  many ideas as you can.
• Next, have one student make a master list, while
  the class shares all of the ideas.
• How many did you get?
• Now take the list you have and create a top ten,
  with 1 being the most important and 10 being the
  least.
• Teacher-handout the 50 top ways to help save the
  planet.
• How did your top ten compare? Read the top ten
  together.

4
You can make all the difference

• It starts with one person and then another,
  overtime more people join in. Change doesnt
  happen over night, its slow, but as it happens
  it builds up steam like a snowball barreling down
  a mountain. Each rotation it makes, it gathers
  more snow and gets bigger. To slow global
  warming, we as a society must change almost
  everything we do. From the way we brush our teeth
  to the car we drive. We must change the way we
  think, decide that less is more. Buy the small
  hybrid instead of the gas guzzling Hummer.

5
The Problem

• The problem seems so vast and urgent that surely
  turning off the tap water while brushing teeth,
  switching off lights or going vegetarian for a
  week could not make a difference. Not true. You
  as an individual can be accountable for the
  greenhouse gasses you produce. When you do this
  you will have an immediate impact and if enough
  of us act together in these minor ways, the
  cumulative effect will be dramatic. To change
  your way of life, think efficient instead of
  wasteful. Think thoughtful instead of thoughtless.

6
Effort

• It takes almost no effort to
• switch of a light
• unplug a cell phone charger
• Take a shorter shower
• Cook without preheating
• Skip pre-wash part of dishwasher cycle
• Walk or bike instead of driving
• And they all save money

7
A little more effort

• It takes a little more effort to
• Recycle
• Ditch plastic bags
• Fix leaky faucets and toilets
• Insulate your home
• Install solar panels
• Buy a fuel efficient car
• Again they will all save you

8
This is not the next generations problem

• Look in the mirror, are you wasteful? If someone
  paid you money would you be less wasteful. Well
  then you have no excuse, because it is less
  expensive to turn of electronics you are not
  using. Hybrids cars and solar panels will save
  you money in the long run. Dont let wealthy
  corporations get rich of you! Be thoughtful, it
  pays!