Calculate your ecological footprint in terms of land area

item value units factor acres

Gasoline 42 gal/person/month 0.12 5.04

Plane 0 hrs/p/m 1.45 0
Bus 1 miles/p/m 0.001 0.001
Veggies & Fruit 2 pounds/p/m 0.008 0.016
grain, pasta,bread 12 pounds/p/m 0.023 0.276
milk&yogurt 4 qts/p/m 0.054 0.216
beef 5 pounds/p/m 0.4 2
poultry 7 pounds/p/m 0.07 0.49
meals out 19 # of meals 0.09 1.71
housing 550 sq-ft/p 0.003 1.65
Electricity 854 kWh/p/m 0.005 4.27
Natural gas 56 Therms/p/m 0.04 2.24
paper 0.12 pounds/p/m 0.08 0.0096 based on the trash you collecte
plastic 0.552 pounds/p/m 0.05 0.0276 based on the trash you collecte
phone, cable, etc 58 $/p/m 0.02 1.16
Education 350 $/p/m 0.01 3.5 do not put your tuition in; just t
Trash 0.9 pounds/p/m 0.05 0.045 trash = nonrecyclable plastic an

Footprint estimate 1.5 acres/person 22.6512

CONVERT YOUR FOOTPRINT TO HECTARES 9.167
Source: Yes Magazine, Summer 2001, p. 26
based on the trash you collected
based on the trash you collected

do not put your tuition in; just the cost of books etc.
trash = nonrecyclable plastic and trash that would end up in the landfill
Calculate your ecological footprint in terms of how much carbon you use or generate
# people (# sq ft) this is all on a monthly basis
category conversion usage 1 footprint 1

Electricity (kWh) 1.4 854 1196

Natural Gas (therms) 11.7 56 655
propane (gal) 12.7 80 1016
heating oil (gal) 22.4 260 5824
firewood (cord) 7600 0 0
car 1 mpg 27 in cell C10, enter the mpg of your car
car 1 miles 19.5 700 506 in cell C11, enter the miles you drive
car 2 mpg 0
car 2 miles 19.5 0 0
other gas use (gal) 19.5 0 0
diesel gas (gal) 22.4 0 0
Bus, urban (mi) 0.7 2 1
bus, regional (mi) 0.2 0 0
train (mi) 0.6 0 0
airplane (mi) 1 0 0

trash (gal/week) 104 0 3 this value comes from the trash you generated (previous worksheet)

Total CO2 emissions 9201

Source: Gershon, D. 2007. Low Carbon Diet: A 30-day program to lose 5000 pounds. Empowerment Institute http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd/
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