My Ecological Footprint 9/27

http://www.myfootprint.org/en/your_results/?id=639053

If everyone on the planet lived my lifestyle, we would need about 5.02 planets!
The consumption category that contributes the most to my Footprint is the Food footprint. This is not surprising to me because I do enjoy having some sort of protein with my meals and that obviously creates a footprint for me because I definitely do not have a farm to grow my food since I live in an apartment.

In order to reduce my footprint I'm going to attempt the following changes:

• Walk, bike, or take public transit whenever possible.
• Eat lower on the food chain-going meatless for at least one meal a week.
• Take shorter, less frequent showers
• Buy less! Replace items only when you really need to.

The biggest challenge for me is going to be not using my car. It gives me a sense of independence by being able to easily go for a drive whenever I need to get away. Another reason it will be difficult to give up is for the fact that I have a lot of time constraints. I have class till 11:20 and then work at 11:30 making it nearly impossible to wait for a bus, walk or bike to work. The days that I do not have these time constraints I'm going to attempt to really use other forms of transportation.

I'm going to also try and eat less meat. This may be really difficult because I really enjoy great tasting food that I've grown up on. I need to experiment with flavors in order to change my thoughts that food without meat is less flavorful.

Showers are my favorite thing in the world! It's a place were I put my day in order in my mind, I love the warmth, and its a place to get away from it all. My showers are on average about 15 minutes, so my goal is to keep it to about 10 mins tops with one day where I can enjoy the warmth a little longer.

These goals seem manageable so wish me luck on sticking to them!