Intro to Env. Sci. 120 - Ecological Footprint Synthesis Response

Posted: October 28, 2013

Once you've completed your two webquest activities, please answer the following questions:1) Compare both of your results.     a) Are they the same? In your opinion, what might have led to variations in the results?     b) Which set of results do you feel best represents your personal footprint? Why?        (You can refer to them as test #1 and test #2 if that helps.)2) What factors/resources do you think were the most responsible for your results? (For example, do you think your footprint was most affected by the amount of kilometers your drive, the food you eat, the amount of land your house is on, etc...)3) Name 3 specific things you could do to lower your personal footprint (Hint: "I will drive less" is not a specific goal!).4) Do you think ecological footprint calculators are good tools for people to use when trying to determine their environmental impact, or are they confusing and perhaps even misleading?5) Go online and do a search for another ecological footprint calculator.    a) What site did you use? Write out the URL here.    b) How did this one compare to the ones assigned to you to try?