APES- Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator

Name: Yessica Pacheco Prediction: How many planets (Earth) does it take to support your lifestyle? Answer: I think it takes three planets Questions: 1) How often do you eat animal based products? -I eat animal based products about two times a week Why do you think this affects your footprint? Explain. -I think this affects my footprint because its a lot of animals I consume and it eventually adds up especially when you count everyones footprint 2) How much of your food is processed, packaged and not locally grown? -All of my food is packaged or processed Why do you think this affects your footprint? Explain. -I think this affects my footprint because its more products being used and its not as ecofriendly to the Earth 3) How much trash do you generate? In my home we recycle everything that can be recycled, the garage is where we place and separate our materials so we dont have as much waste. What affects does this have on your footprint? Why? It affects my footprint because it saves trees from being cut down and could re-use the products 4) Which housing type best describes your home? My home is a single level house Why would this make a difference in your impact? It makes and impact because houses take a lot of materials to make and take up a lot of Earths resources so the smaller the home the less materials 5) Do you have electricity in your home? Yes

What are the environmental impacts of electricity? Explain. It burns fossil fuels which causes us to mine for more creating pollution and destroying the area where the mining is being done. 6) How many people are in your home? 5 7) What is your house made of? Mostly wood Which building material is the most energy efficient? Explain. A concrete block, because its both cheaper and faster to make and doesnt damage the Earth as much as wood and steel 8) Does anyone of your homes electricity come from renewable sources? (SDGE= no) No 9) How far do you travel by car each week? We travel about 200 miles a week because my parents work a lot and my dad also has to take my mom so we carpool a lot Do you carpool or do anything to reduce your impact? Yes 10) Do you ride a motorcycle? No 11) What is the gas mileage in your car/motorbike? 40 12) How often do you drive with someone else? Always since I dont know how to drive 13) How far do you travel by bus/train each week? About once or twice a week 14) How many hours do you fly each year? Ive never gone on a plane

Edit your Footprint by making CHANGES to your lifestyle. List the changes you have made to your lifestyle below and the impact it had on your ecological footprint. Show your new results. Changes Made:

1) Eating more locally grown food. 2) Encourage others to recycle 3) Purchasing PCR recycled plastic products whenever possible. 4) Having 20-50% of my home's electricity coming from renewable sources. 5) Having meat based products once every few weeks and eggs/milk/dairy once or twice a week.

Impact on my Ecological Footprint: (Draw out NEW results based on changes made)

Reflect on what you learned by doing this activity: It really surprised me how many planets would be needed if everyone lived like me. Honestly I never thought I was impacting the earth this much. It made me realize we all really do use our Earth a lot and we have to take care of it more because its the only one we have. I liked that I was able to change my results and make some differences in my lifestyle like what I eat and lower the results so it would be less Earths, anything helps and it makes you realize you need to change some habits. There are some changes that are easy to do such as what you put into your body. This activity really shows how much we impact the earth, but also how some little changes here and there can make a big difference in the long run.