1. I am a vegan. This means that I eat absolutely NO dairy, meat, poultry or fish. What this means for our environment? I have absolutely nothing to do with factory farming or food/waste pollution.
2. I shop at Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and the organic section of my local grocery store. What this means is that I buy almost all locally produced, fair trade, or organic food. What this means for our environment? I buy from local farmers who still practice sustainable farming methods, and I contribute very little to food transportation pollution.
3. I do not own a car, and take public transportation and my bike everywhere. What this means for our environment? I carpool through public transportation which helps save car emissions.
That's just a little about me and what I do for the environment. What is your life like? Do you have any of the same habits? What could you improve upon?
I should have posted this comment before you added your latest entry.
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit of Chapter 6, about measurement, did you look at the CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITY at the end of the chapter? For this blog assignment you calculated your carbon footprint using
www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/personal_footprint/
There are other calculators. The text lists these alternative calculators:
> http://www.safeclimate.net
> http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
> http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/
They imply that there are others, too. We know there are others because we used another one.
Using another calculator, recalculate your footprint. As the critical thinking activity asks, “Is it the same? Why or why not?” Is it due to the questions asked, the variety of questions or the depth of the questions?
Nothing happens until we measure. We can’t manage until we measure. But measuring isn’t as easy or as direct as just saying it. That should have been evident in trying to come up with a list of what we would measure if we wanted an index of human well being.