If everyone on earth lived like me it would take 5.3 earths. This means that my family and I are using too many resources in our day-to-day lives. Through this activity I discovered that area where I am leaving the largest footprint related to transportation. On average I travel about 1,000 miles every month, and most of these miles I travel by myself without making any attempts to carpool. This amount of travel uses a large amount of fossil fuel and emits a great deal of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I feel that since this category is the largest contributor to my ecological footprint that it would be one of the aspects for me to work towards reducing. By simply looking into alternative form of transportation such as public buses I could greatly reduce my footprint. In addition to this, looking into way to carpool to places such as school would also eliminate some of my footprint. By setting these realistic goals I feel that I could actually reduce my ecological footprint and perhaps even influence others to do the same.
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