Quiz results: Ecological Footprint Quiz by Center for Sustainable Economy

I did the footprints awhile ago, but didn't post them. According to the Center for Sustainable Economy, it takes 113.63 acres to support my lifestyle, and we'd need 2.93 earths if everyone lived like me. What made sense: my goods and services footprint is way lower than the national average since I buy everything used/secondhand. What seemed weird: my food footprint is about equal to the national average even though I'm a vegetarian. Quiz results: Ecological Footprint Quiz by Center for Sustainable Economy

According to the Global Footprint Network (www.footprintnetwork.org), it takes 15.4 acres to support my lifestyle and 3.5 earths if everyone lived like me. This one seemed more general and some of the questions were more ambiguous. For example: how far do I drive my car per week depends on whether I go home for the weekend; the difference is between 4 miles per week or 420!

I was unable to find the Lifetime Footprint Calculator again on the National Geographic website, but I do remember being very dismayed at how unsustainable bananas are...because I love them! :(

But I DID find a water footprint calculator on the NG site that was very cool: (http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/water-footprint-calculator)
Again, since I buy stuff secondhand my water use was very low for goods and services. But because I drive home occasionally and make one 2,000 ml flight per year, my water use for energy is higher than the national average. Even with all the water conservation techniques I use, and the fact that I don't eat meat (BIG water user) my daily "consumption" comes to 1,695 gallons! Bummer.