WOW

after doing this exercise I became a little, well actually a lot overwhelmed at the thought that if everyone in the world lived like me we would need 4.8 earths. I currently live with 2 other roommates who are not as conscious of their electricity and water usage as I am so in theory they would need even more earths to survive. The thought of this, that there are poeple out there consuming ang polluting so much really actually stresses me out. I eman if you think about how fragile our ecosystem is, there is already evidence that climate is changing, chances are its kudos the human race. Lifestyle changes are in order, we need to step back from our super convienent lifes and make small changes that will benefit us and our planet in the long run.





For me personally most of my earths get eaten up in what I eat. Foods today come in so much wrapping and packageing all fo which just gets trashed every day. Before this test I looked at packaging more like burger king bag and wrapper, but really EVERYTHING has packaging and unless your will to go completely organic you're gonna have bags, boxes, and wrappers from anything you buy at the store. I am not financially able to go completely organic but what I can do is recyle what I use, I can use reusable bags when shopping so I do not have 100 plastics Publix bags when I get home.

To break my usage down specifically I think my highest usages would be water and packaging. I will admitt that I go through a lot of paper towels in a month and its not nescessary. And I will also admit that I enjoy a nice long hot shower at the end of a day. My fuel consumptions are actually very low as I drive a Prius so I use minimal gas, I do however drive probably about 50-60 miles a day, public transportation is always an option but never convienent. For  my energy consumption I would also think that this would be rather low too, I keep my A/C at 80 when I am away and 78 while at home, I make sure my fridge is set only at mid level and both the washer and dishwasher only run on cold water. Fans and lights are off when we are not in the rooms, the one thing that we could improve on though would be to unplug anything we arent using, again comes down to convience. My food intake isnt really that high I will usully only take in one small meal and one big meal a day, but again going back to the packaging as being my biggest issue. Everything I eat comes in a package.


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