Blod #5

Doing the ecofootprint assignment was eye opening. According to the website, there would need to be 4.4 earths to support everyone living like me. While the average is 4.6 (just a tad higher than mine), I still feel like this number is a little too high. After all, I do my best to make sure that I am as green as I can be. I recycle everything that can be recycled, I drive as little as is possible (which can be hard since I commute to work and school everyday, both of which are in opposite directions from each other.) One reasonable behavior that i could modify would be to take public transportation one or more day a week. Not only would this significantly decrease my monthly gas bill (definitely a plus!!), it would also help reduce my footprint. Also, I do eat a great deal of beef and chicken, so I could easily reduce the amount of meat I eat to help reduce the overall land needed to raise the food. I couldn't find where the maximum population that earth could support was on the quiz, but i'm willing to be it is far less than what the earth currently holds. Thank god not everyone lives like me (especially people in the developing counties where there are a ton of people, like china and india!)