Ok, so I'll be quite honestly with you, before I took this test I thought that I would not have that big of a carbon footprint. I mean I recycle more than all my friends, I turn off the lights more than all of my friends, I try and carpool more than all my friends. I just felt as though 'Oh, I am sure not going to have the smallest footprint but, I am definitely going to have a pretty good sized one. Boy was I wrong. I was soooooo wrong! Once I finished the quiz my results were that if everyone of the earth lived like I live then we would need 6.57 Earths!!! What I mean geeze!! That made me feel sooo bad! I definitely know that I need to do something to get those numbers to start and come down! It is just ridiculous! Recently though I did watch this documentary called Food Inc. and I have been trying to eat more organic and shop more at local farmers markets, but it is definitely a challenge. The only farmers market that I can go to on consistent basis is Whole Foods. Which isn't even a farmers market but it is the closest thing to one!
Overall I think that it would be a good idea if everyone took that test. Not so they can just jump of and say they want to change their whole lives, but more so that they will know what THEIR personal impact is and how they can help reduce it.
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