While I found the results surrounding my carbon footprint interesting they were hardly surprising. I've always grown up knowing I'm using too much of everything but it's something I've grown accustomed too and can't really force myself to stop.
The results show that I'm above the Australian average in all categories but none more so than my food footprint which could be contributed towards the large amount of meat, seafood and dairy in my diet.
While making adjustments to how I shop and what appliances I use and when, I know I could easily lower my housing footprint as well as my goods and services footprint back to an acceptable level. My carbon footprint on the other hand may be harder to reduce as it would mainly be the result of commuting a few hours a day to get to class as well as my tendency to travel overseas often.
I'd always known I was consuming far more than I should but now knowing the fact that if the rest of the world lived my lifestyle then we'd require over 8 earths is definitely something I'll be thinking about in the future.
WOW... "Congratulations, you are living an ecologically conscientious lifestyle.
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