User:

la pisada

Date:

Apr 18, 2008 15:31

Why is your Spanish language site not workinh? It just keeps reverting me back into the English home page? Is is possible to take the quiz in the other languages posted?

Thanks for your help with this!

User:

Wildjt11

Date:

Apr 20, 2008 13:58

The quiz is English only right now, but Spanish, French, Russian and Mandarin Chinese will be available shortly.

User:

Bob Loblaw

Date:

Jun 25, 2008 14:52

Is this one of those joke sites? If so, very funny. We'd need over 10 earths for my lifestyle. Haahahah. Awesome. We need more sites like this that make fun of the looney enviromentalists. Good Job.

User:

magster93

Date:

Jul 7, 2008 12:37

It's lucky for you that there are people out there who care enough to make a difference and will save YOUR butt in the long run.

User:

GeneBob

Date:

Aug 28, 2008 17:47

Let me guess .. Bob (denies his Ecological Footprint) belongs to The Republic Party.

User:

lopeytex

Date:

Oct 31, 2008 12:05

GeneBob wrote:
Let me guess .. Bob (denies his Ecological Footprint) belongs to The Republic Party.

GeneBob - it's "Republican Party"

I am a member and I care about my "footprint" - I have always tried to leave it better than I found it, reuse, recycle. I support local farmers, grow fruit trees and nuts in my back yard.

Republicans are not just "blind consumers". Just conservative consumers.

L

User:

limezhandi

Date:

Jan 7, 2009 15:01

la pisada wrote:
Why is your Spanish language site not workinh? It just keeps reverting me back into the English home page? Is is possible to take the quiz in the...

It would also be nice if I would receive a copy of my test results on my email..

Also, i think its easier if the website has a search button n_n

User:

nkbansal

Date:

Aug 16, 2009 14:03

Options are not optimized for people living in developing countries.
Insulation of house doesn't apply to me. We don't have temperature regulators.
What about students living in hostels with capacities about 500 (Q3).
and what about people living in two different places for different time of year.

User:

nickatela

Date:

Aug 25, 2009 03:53

I am from the Philippines.. and People here are cheating each other. We can't rely on our government officials who suppose to be our leader. They don't care of people, they just care of what they can get and how they will improve. Our leaders are using fancy cars, big houses, many properties etc; but the government ambulance, hospitals are like in a Victorian time.. Also I notice that they care of people and they only doing something good for our country if there is election or they will get money from it..Very unfair


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User:

Jerry_009

Date:

Aug 25, 2009 15:13

Very true nikatela ... :( ..What to say...




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User:

Anant Rajani

Date:

Oct 12, 2009 11:51

Although the quiz may not have been completely accurate due to choices that did not apply to everyone, regardless it gave us a good enough idea to understand what the issue is. The fact that everything was broken down into different categories and that there was tons of questions lets us know that you are not being motivated to give up the way your life is now. The variety displays that all of us have choices where we can modify our lifestyles here and there to make an improvement overall. I especially like the way they tell you how many planets you would need if everyone lived like you. I think that does a great job in showing people how what exactly they are living and makes them realize that a lot of people in the world aren't even close to what we have. Whether they may or may not be completely accurate, results give people an idea where they stand because otherwise they might be thinking "I'm doing the best I can". People do not realize what they aren't doing until it is pointed out and that is what this quiz does. It gives you the opportunity to show yourself that you can make more of a difference and make better choices. Also, some of the choices that were given for the questions, I didn't even know that they existed and I'm sure that was the case for other people as well. The different questions showed me that i do have other alternatives as well that have less of an impact on the environment.

User:

Surbhi Gandhi

Date:

Oct 15, 2009 23:07

After taking the ecological footprint quiz, I was shocked to discover that I scored highest in the food category. This really does go to show that every little action of ours has consequences as this quiz showed me that my eating habits can impact the environment more drastically than I thought possible. Since my food footprint is so massive, this is the aspect of my life that I should alter. To reduce my food footprint, I could choose to eat foods that are wrapped in less packaging, thus creating less waste. Also, I could establish a goal for myself that would state that one meal per day must be completely vegetarian. Since meat consumption is the cause of 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions, a few meatless meals can really improve my food footprint. The changes stated above are easy to read off a paper, but sometimes difficult to incorporate into my lifestyle. Toronto is a fast paced city that offers restaurants and fast food joints at every street corner. Avoiding them is almost impossible, especially being a student who’s on the move. However, packing lunches in reusable containers is a realistic alternative. This would create a lot less waste and would also help me save money, both of which make it a realistic change I can make in my life. Furthermore, going meatless for one meal everyday is something I want to push myself towards for two reasons. First of all, it is evident that a small sacrifice like that can help impoverished people on the other side of the planet live better lives. Secondly, by replacing meat with vegetables I will be doing my body a favour as well. Therefore, I am willing to make such alterations to my lifestyle and encourage others to do the same. After all, these small sacrifices are what will slowly add up and enforce the change we want to see.

User:

Stephen

Date:

Oct 18, 2009 18:58

la pisada wrote:
Why is your Spanish language site not workinh? It just keeps reverting me back into the English home page? Is is possible to take the quiz in the...

y

User:

Stephen

Date:

Oct 18, 2009 18:59

y

User:

Stephen

Date:

Oct 18, 2009 20:37

After taking the quiz, I found out that my ecological footprint was 67.47 gha. If everyone lived like me we would need 4.29 earths to sustain us. I honestly wasn't too surprised by this. I already knew that me, like most North Americans, consume way too much, way too quickly. Since the earth's population is growing at such a drastic rate, it makes the global sustainable footprint lower and lower until now it's a pitiful 15.71 gha. Most of the environmental problems are mainly becoming problems because so many people are involved; the population is too big. It definitely wouldn't hurt China and India to tone things down a bit. This was obvious to me.

However, what really surprised me was that my food footprint was way too high. It takes a lot of energy and resources to consume food. I learned about something called "food miles" which is the amount of transportation needed to transport food. This clearly showed me that buying local food is better. I also learned that eating less meat, buying food with less packaging, growing gardens, and buying from farmer's markets is good in reducing my food footprint. I am personally willing to make some of these changes.

Unfortunately, very few others would agree with me. No one seems to make these changes. Why? It's because it's just too inconvenient. Organics are too expensive, hybrids are too expensive, nobody wants to go out of their way to a bulk store, and I don't even know where a farmer's market is. People may say that they should or will make changes, but when it comes down to it, little is done. It's just way to inconvenient. Us, the consumers, are the ones forced to cope with these difficulties and inconveniences. It's a real shame. The government should really get their act together and make it easier to go "green". If it were easier to acquire certain environmental goods, people would be more willing to go green. The government could slash prices on goods such as local foods and put more bulk items in grocery stores (for the food footprint). The environment should be just as important as the economy. We do our part, the government needs to do theirs. We're still waiting for that change Obama and Harper.

User:

chrstnsln22

Date:

Oct 27, 2009 23:06

I totally agree with you Stephen.. I think planting vegetables in our backyard would be a great step. I heard that most Filipinos does that. What they do to save money, since it is a poor country, they plant vegetables in their backyard, they have poultry. So instead of going to the market to buy food, they go to their backyard to harvest them. They eat vegetable, they are a lot stronger and don't have diseases.



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