Please read about Ecological Footprint. Click on this site, read the article  and calculate an ecological footprint for you and your family based upon your responses on these variables:

1.  Water Use

2.  Food

3.  Transportation

4.  Shelter

5.  Energy Use

6.  Clothing

7.  Stuff

8.  Fun

Calculate your total score and divide it by 100.  That will yield a ecological footprint measured in hectares.  The hectare is the principal metric unit of land measurement for most of the world.  1 hectare = 2.47 acres. 

Then read the following information::  Family and Chapter 15.  

Write Journal #5 in two parts:

(1) Describe your ecological footprint based upon your lifestyle as measured by your scores on these 8 categories.  Compare your score to the average score for other countries. What value does your family put on ecological footprint?  What strategies can you develop to reduce your ecological footprint?   

(2)  Describe your own family structure. What value does your family put on education? What level of education have your parent's achieved? Do you believe that your parent's educational level has affected your own view and achievements about the value of education for your life?  

 

Email Journal #5 by Friday, July 16 at 11:59 pm.


 

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