As consumerism grows, the earth suffers:

As consumerism grows, the earth suffers:
"Approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide now belong to the "consumer class"—the group of people characterized by diets of highly processed food, desire for bigger houses, more and bigger cars, higher levels of debt, and lifestyles devoted to the accumulation of non-essential goods."

Click on the title to read the full article from National Geographic, for next week.

Ecological Footprint Results

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.1

MOBILITY 0.8

SHELTER 7.6

GOODS/SERVICES 6.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 18

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 10 PLANETS.

My carbon and ecological footprint

EARTH DAY QUIZ
Catergory Global Hectares
Food 2.8
Mobility 0.3
Shelter 0.3
Goods/Shelter 0.5
Total Footprint 3.9

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.8 PLANETS.

Ecological Footprint

Supporting your lifestyle requires 4.6 earths. Your daily decisions require the support of 2.5 earths.

Supporting the average person's life in Canada requires 4.2 earths.
The daily decisions of the average person in Canada require 2.1 earths.

I can't figure out how to do the carbon footprint. =s

My response from the National Geographic article.

I totally agree when the article mentions that increase in prosperity is not making humans happier or healthier. I had a conversation with a friend once regarding heaven and hell. i told my friend that me being able to breath in this world, existing on this planet, working, having friends or people that care about me by my side is a true definition of heaven. My friend disagreed. he said our existence on this planet is a portrayal of hell. he said humans suffer so much working and constantly putting themselves in agony to fulfill their lifestyle and the article seems to support his opinion. Are we really living in hell?

My ecological Footprint

Here's another result from my ecological footprint quiz that i have taken.
Danbee's ecological footprint: 18.67 global hectares

my score is lower than the global average footprint of 21 global hectares.

My Eco Footprint

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 3.5
MOBILITY 0.7
SHELTER 1.9
GOODS/SERVICES 2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 8.1



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.5 PLANETS.

Thats not good!

Eco Footprint

Food = 1.6
Mobility = 0.7
Shelter = 1.3
Goods/Services = 1.5
TOTAL = 5.1

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.8 PLANETS.

WOAH.

EcoFootprint

Hey everyone, here are my results. I took this quiz last year in my Design Process class, as we had a very similar assignment. I have noticed that they haven't changed a whole lot.

FOOD 1.8
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 1
GOODS/SERVICES 1

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.8

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.1 PLANETS.

I thought that my results were really good, seeing as I had relatively low scores in most categories. I guess I really need to work on my food consumption, which is my highest score of 1.8.

My footprint

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.4

MOBILITY 0.1

SHELTER 1.3

GOODS/SERVICES 1.4

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 6.2


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.4 PLANETS.

Shigeo Eco Footprint

Food 3.1
Mobility 0.8
SHelter 0.6
Goods/Services 1.1

5.6 Hectares

earthday footprint

Food: 2.2
Mobility: .4
Shelter: 1.1
Goods/Services: 1.2

Total Footprint: 4.9

If everyone lived like me, we would need 2.7 earths!

my footprint

food - 3.3
mobility - 0.5
shelter - 1.2
goods/services - 1.7

total footprint - 6.7

if everyone lived like me, we would need 3.7 earths.

Ecological Footprint

Vicky's Footprint:

Earthday Footprint

Category Hectares

Food: 3.1
Mobility: 1.3
Shelter: 1.6
Goods/Services: 3

Total Footprint: 9

It would take 5 earths if everyone lived like Vicky.


Ecological Footprint

Vickys Footprint: 21.11 hectares

Global Average Footprint: 21 global hectares

Sustainable Footprint: 15 global hectares

FOOTPRINT

Hey guys,
I did the footprint quiz and im not proud of my results !!!

FOOT 3.1
MOBILITY 1.9
SHELTER 1.6
GOODS/SERVICES 3.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 10.2

if everyone lived like me, we would need 5.7 planets.

My Foot Print

My Foot Print

Overall: 4.1

Food 1.8
Mobility 0.2
Shelter 1.1
Goods 1

We would need 2.3 Earths to live like I do...
~Brenda

;_;!!!!

Food: 2.8

Mobility: 0.7

Shelter: 1

Goods/Services: 1.7

Everyone would need 3.4 planets to live like me. =[

And for the Global Ecological foot print quiz...

Global Average Footprint: 21 global hectares.

Sustainable Footprint: 15 global hectares.

My eco foot

HERE ARE YOUR FOOTPRINT RESULTS:
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 3.3
MOBILITY 1.1
SHELTER 1
GOODS/SERVICES 2.2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 7.6
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL
HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXISTS 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.2 PLANETS.

Kenneth Kwan

As consumerism grows, the earth suffers

"Approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide now belong to the "consumer class"—the group of people characterized by diets of highly processed food, desire for bigger houses, more and bigger cars, higher levels of debt, and lifestyles devoted to the accumulation of non-essential goods."

Click on the title to read the full article from National Geographic, as background to your 24 hour consumption diary, due next week.

My Other Results

Oops....I forgot to mention my other results in my first post!

Food = 3.1
Mobility = 0.4
Shelter = 0.9
Goods/Services = 1.3

TOTAL = 5.7

If everyone lived like me, we would need 3.2 earths!!!

My Ecological Foot Print

This really made me feel horrible.
My Ecological Foot Print is 19.14 Global Hectares...the average being 21 Global Hectares.
I should be striving to make less of an impact on the planet. I have emailed this quiz to me family members, so I can get an idea of how we rate as a family. I know there is much more we can be doing as a family to conserve energy and resourses.
:(

green grade for OCAD

I worked on interior environment - lighting and paints.
This is the summary of my research.
OCAD uses low VOC (Volatile Organic Compunds) latex supplied by Benjamin Moore. low VOC paint has many benefits to environment.
90% of the lighting in OCAD is fluorescent. T8 fluorescent with electronic ballasts are mainly used in the building, some T12 are still used. A typical conversion of T12 with magnetic ballast to T8 with electronic ballasts costs about $20/lamp including parts and labor. Energy saving from the conversion can pay back the initial investment in 2 to 4 yrs in an industrial application and 5 to 7 yrs in a commercial application. Incandesent bulbs in OCAD are swithing with compact fluorescent lamps. Due to global warming, the ban the bulb movement is gaining strenght. 5% of the electricity it uses gose to light the bulb, 95% is heat. Currently, Canada is ha ving FLICK OFF movement. It is about to fight climate change by getting Canadians to use less energy by flick off our lighting. They say that we only have 10 yrs to dramatically reduce our emission or we're screwed.
I also worke on the computer power in OCAD. The primary source of energy comsumption for OCAD IT is through the data center. The electrical power, system cooling and ventilation and uninterrupted power supplies are the bigget draw on energy.
New appreaches are maintain existing physical size and address expanded capacity requirements of the facility while saving up to 40 - 50 % in related energy costs. and IT services has configured all computer studios and information commons (all stuent desktpos on campus) with an automated shutdowns at close so that energy is not consumed when OCAD is closed.
Overall, I give B+, since OCAD cosiders about environment and making changes to save the environment.

footprints

With the Ecological footprint.org,
my ecological footprint is 14.80 global hectares
global average footprint is 21 global hectares
sustainable footprint is 15 global hectares

With the earthday.net,
food 2.6
mobility 1.5
shelter 1
goods/services 2.6
----------------
total footprint 7.7
average ecological footprint in your country is 8.8 global hectares per person
would need 4.3 planets

Footprints

Hey guys, on zerofootprint my carbon footbprint is 15.3 and my ecological footprint is 4.6. Both scores are above the given average individual but the amounts I filled in were from my household energy bills, not my personal. Either way, we can all stand to improve our habits, no?
See you all in class! cheers,
Katie

Ecological footprint

Hey guys just posting about the ecological footprint score that I got and it was
24.99 0ff the global ecological foot print calculator. I then did another calculation off the Earthday footprint calculator and it was
Category global hectres
Food 3.3
mobility 2.2
shelter 1.4
good/services 3.7
and the total 10.6

basically the calculator said that it would take 5.7 planets to support me and everyone that has the same rating as me like this to support the global population. I might consider changing my way of lifestyle now that I have a clear view. Anyways till next time guys

Later

Roberto De Laurentiis 2264760

Here are my Footprint Details:

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 2.4

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 0.4

GOODS/SERVICES 0.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.5

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE ME, WE WOULD NEED 1.9 PLANETS.

Shameful me!!

WOW WEE!!!

I really hope i made some mistakes taking this zero footprint quiz because i am not very proud of my score!!!
As much as i do not want to expose my score to the public (so embarassed) i guess i have to post it up for my participation mark... sigh~

Category
Answers
tons CO2
Goals
less tons CO2
Travel
Vehicle by distance
1000.0 per year
SUV/Truck
0.4
Air travel
1.0 extended haul one way flight(s) (> 5 hours)
2.7
Streetcar, LRT, subway
61.0
2.6
Public bus
5.0
0.4
Walking
45.0
Food
My diet is...
Heavy meat eater
4.7
Organic food
34.0
-1.6
Local produce
31.0
-0.4
Food packaging
50.0
0.3
Fast food
6.0
0.1
Home
Household size
2.0
Paper use
25.0
0.2
0.0


My foot print is 9.3 when an average person's foot print is 9.1. Am I on the safe side or am I in trouble? lol

10 Things a good ad does...

This is quiet interesting!!

If you want a good ad these are the simple 10 rules to follow:
I hope this helps guys!!!

10 things a good ad does....

1) a good ad must stop the reader from turning the page.

2) sells a product's benefits rather than its features.

3) promotes the name of the store.

4) speaks to a specific group of people.

5) provides all the facts.

6) conveys its message simply.

7) IS NEWS

8) sells answers to consumers' current needs.

9) a good ad uses white space ***************(i guess Peter Oliver won't agree with this..lol)

10) a good ad has sense of urgency.

for more detailed info on this 10 tips i have written go to the pdf. link that i have provided!!!
ciao kids!!

Ola!!!!

Can someone post up the link of the site where we take the footprint quiz, please?
i am kinda lost here and need help@!! haha

thanks everyone!!
:)
Danbee~

my footprint

	FOOD	2.8
	MOBILITY	1
	SHELTER	0.6
	GOODS/SERVICES	1.6
	TOTAL FOOTPRINT	6

This is a lot better than the last time I did it. I think my footprint was 9-ish before, I am happy that it has reduce now. But it is still a long way from the ideal (1.8)

Foot Print

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.5
MOBILITY 0.2
SHELTER 1.1
GOODS/SERVICES 1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.8



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.1 PLANETS.

Ways the world could end very suddenly.

i know this might be a bit morbid but the ideas and concepts brought up are very interesting.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/167

if you would like check it out.

--

	CATEGORY	GLOBAL HECTARES
	FOOD	4.2
	MOBILITY	0.8
	SHELTER	2
	GOODS/SERVICES	2.9
	TOTAL FOOTPRINT	9.9

My Global Footprint =)

	CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES FOOD 1 MOBILITY 0.1 SHELTER 0.4 GOODS/SERVICES 0.5 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2
	IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
	IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.1 PLANETS.

-----------

footprint

Hello... I did the footprint quiz and this is what I got..

CATEGORY / GLOBAL HECTARES

Food 3.7
Mobility 1.3
Shelter 1.6
Goods & Services 2.2
Total footprint 8.8

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.9 PLANETS.

green grade for ocad- ttc

Heya everyone, so I did the TTC and here are the main points of what I talked about.

-subways- extensions of current lines into mississauga and north into vaughan
-streetcars- extend current lines outside of city core, cars that can also run on scarborough rt tracks
-busses- hybrid busses increasing, diesel busses now burn a biodiesel/ethanol mix
-employee cars- chevy tahoe hybrids are used (not the best option but it was the corperate sponsors choice)
-employees- available resources and courses to help employeesminimize impact on the environment

OCAD
-no discount plan for student metropasses
-u-pass developed for $60 per month but will be included on all students tuition without an opt out clause
-station near enough to facilitate easy commIn the end I gave OCAD a C because the only thing they personally can do to affect TTC policy is to institute a discount program. With enough energy put into it this could already be a reality.

See you all in class.. :P

Ecological Footprint

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.5

MOBILITY 0.8

SHELTER 0.9

GOODS/SERVICES 1.3

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 6.5



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.6 PLANETS.


I'm embarassed....



Sarah Lavoie

Park in the parkland

for the missing part of my oral ( part 1)

It seam like the parking next to our parkland is owned by the AGO. Why and how the AGO was able to acquire a parking on our side of the block is the question we have asked Lance Straun but haven't gotten any answer yet. But until we get our answers and post them, here are some stuff we should be doing. I believe that we should , first of all, reclaim the space. Then take off all the asphalt and turn it into green space by using native grass and trees. And finally take of the fences and create this green open space that connect the Butterfield park to the Grange Park.
But to do that is not easy. We will have to start a petition forcing the University to take action into acquiring the space that is obviously polluting our visual environment!

part 2 comming soon with the answers from Lance Straun!

Scary!!

i got,
FOOD : 2.8
MOBILITY: 1.6
SHELTER: 1
GOODS/SERVICES: 2.7
TOTAL FOOTPRINT: 8.1

and the site told me that if everyone live like me we'd need 4 and half planet to live on!!!!
that is so scary!!!!

Footprint

Hey guys i just did the footprint quiz and im not so proud of my results... =S

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD - 4.2
MOBILITY - 0.6
SHELTER - 1
GOODS/SERVICES - 1.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT - 7.4



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.1 PLANETS.

Earth Day Footprint Quiz

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 3.1
MOBILITY 0.8
SHELTER 0.9
GOODS/SERVICES 1.7
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 6.5

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.6 PLANETS.


So there ya go.

Ecological Footprint

According to this, my ecological footprint is 8.9 :(

This is a somewhat gloomy and disappointing stat, but since the point of the calculator is to make you more aware of your impact on the globe, it is quite effective.



CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 4.2
MOBILITY 0.7
SHELTER 1.6
GOODS/SERVICES 2.4
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 8.9



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.



IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.9 PLANETS.

Earth Footprint

Hey. I just did the footprint quiz and even though it was hard to be truthful, these are my results:

	CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES FOOD 3.3 MOBILITY 1.1 SHELTER 1.6 GOODS/SERVICES 2.8 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 8.8
	IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
	IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.9 PLANETS.

Personally, I figured my outcome was going to come out this way. I need to change my ways and so do all my friends.