EcoFoot Footprint Calculator
The Global Footprint Network established a Ecological Footprint calculator at EcoFoot.com. This interesting calculator allows you to step through various aspects of your life to determine what your ecological footprint is.
A person’s footprint can be determined by several factors included food, shelter, mobility, goods and services and various land types. The calculator asks each person a variety of questions based on each of these factors. Based on the answer as compared to national averages, your footprint can be determine. Each question goes in depth to every aspect of life, ranging from your daily driving habits to how much renewable energy you use.
What separates this calculator from other footprint calculators is that it calculates your EcoLogical Footprint that is based off international standards established in 2006. It takes into account the land aspect of each item that goes into normally calculating our footprint. So it takes into the land that has to support the manufacturing plant, any waste that the plant produces and the energy to get it to you.
Give this calculator a try out. It’s not perfect, as with most calculators, but it’s interesting to see how many planets required if everybody on earth lived the same lifestyle as you.
