News

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News

• http//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/sc_afp/chilec
  limatewarming_081207221551
• http//www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default
  .asp?DocumentID553ArticleID6016len
• http//blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/whats-o
  ld-is-ne.html?npu1mbidyhp
• http//multimedia.boston.com/pub/tn/11/local_news.
  htm?bctid1488623605
• http//www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/20
  08/12/caution_whale_crossing_slow_to_1.html
• http//www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/1
  2/05/climate_change_drought_to_strain_colorado_riv
  er/
• http//www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/1
  2/08/termites_show_complexity_of_biofuel_work/

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Ecological Footprint

• It compares human consumption of natural
  resources with planet Earth's ecological capacity
  to regenerate them.
• It is an estimate of the amount of biologically
  productive land and sea area needed to regenerate
  (if possible) the resources a human population
  consumes and to absorb and render harmless the
  corresponding waste, given prevailing technology
  and current understanding.
• Using this assessment, it is possible to estimate
  how many planet Earths it would take to support
  humanity if everybody lived a given lifestyle.

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Image courtesy of Wikimedia Shared with a (CC
BY-SA 3.0)

• A hectare is the size of a soccer field
• A global hectare accounts for average global
  productivity

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Footprint by Component
Image courtesy of World Wide Fund for Nature
Japan Shared with (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Your Ecological Footprint

• http//www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/p
  age/calculators/

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Gender

• A) Male
• B) Female

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How often do you eat animal based products?
(beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products)

• A) Never(vegan) or Infrequently (no meat, and
  eggs/dairy a few times a week) (strict
  vegetarian)
• B) Infrequently (vegetarian)
• C) Occasionally (no meat or occasional meat, but
  eggs/dairy almost daily)
• D) Often (meat once or twice a week)
• E) Very often (meat daily)

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How much of the food that you eat is processed,
packaged and not locally grown (from more than
200 miles away)?

• A) Most of the food I eat is processed, packaged,
  and from far away
• B) Three quarters
• C) Half
• D) One quarter
• E) Very little. Most of the food I eat is
  unprocessed, unpackaged and locally grown.

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Compared to a typical American, how much trash do
you generate?

• A) Much less
• B) Somewhat less
• C) About the same
• D) Much more

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Which housing type best describes your home?

• A) Free standing house without running water
• B) Free standing house with running water
• C) Multi-story apartment building
• D) Row house or building with 2-4 housing units
• E) Green-design residence

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Do you have Electricity in your home?

• A) Yes
• B) No

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How many people live in your household?

• A) 1 person
• B) 2 people
• C) 3 people
• D) 4-5 people
• E) 6 or more people

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What is the size of your home?

• A) 2700 square feet or larger
• B) 2200-2700 square feet
• C) 1600-2200 square feet
• D) 1050 -1600 square feet
• E) 550-1050 square feet

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On average, how far do you go by car each week
(as a driver or passenger)?

• A) 300 miles or more
• B) 200-300 miles
• C) 150-200 miles
• D) 50-150 miles E) 0-50 miles

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How far do you travel by motorbike each week?

• A) 0-2 miles
• B) 2-10 miles
• C) 10-30 miles
• D) 30-70 miles
• E) more than 70 miles

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How many miles per gallon does your car get? (If
you do not own a car, estimate the average fuel
efficiency of the cars you ride in.)

• A) More than 40 miles per gallon
• B) 30-40 miles per gallon
• C) 15-30 miles per gallon
• D) 5-15 miles per gallon
• E) Fewer than 5 miles per gallon

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What is the gas mileage of your motorbike?

• A) 15-30
• B) 30-40
• C) 40-50
• D) 50-60
• E) more than 60 mpg

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How often do you drive in a car with someone
else, rather than alone?

• A) Almost neverB) Occasionally (about 25)C)
  Often (about 50)D) Very often (about 75)E)
  Almost always

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On average, how far do you travel on public
transportation each week (bus, train, subway or
ferry) ?

• A) 50 miles or more
• B) 25-50 miles
• C) 5-25 miles
• D) 1-5 miles
• E) 0 miles

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Approximately how many hours do you spend flying
each year?

• A) more than 100 hours
• B) 25-100 hours
• C) 10-25 hours
• D) 4-10 hours
• E) 0-4 hours