Peer Response 1

· respond to your peer, comparing your footprints to theirs and offering additional suggestions for ways they might lower their footprints, along with possible obstacles to doing so and ways of overcoming those obstacles. 

PEERS POST:

Footprint Table

	Week 1
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Hectares:	3.9
# Earths:	2.3
Top 3 Consumption Categories:	1.9 Food
	1 Goods
	.7 Shelter
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Carbon Emissions (lbs):	123,508 pounds
WATER FOOTPRINT
Gallons per day:	Personal: 1,261
Top 3 Contributors:	Diet
	Shopping
	Pet Food

Part A:

· One way to reduce my ecological footprint is to simply reduce my waste. From what I found, one way this could be done is to implement more natural foods like vegetables into my everyday diets/meals which also would impact my water footprint too. This would be easy for me however it would need to be a focus and is not currently top of mind when planning meals.

Part B: 

· Being that my carbon footprint is below the national level, I like to think i am helping however there is usually more we can do. One thing I have helped is that I am work from home now 100% by choice instead of driving 60 minutes in total each day for a commute.

 

Overall, there are many lifestyle changes that we can all make however it starts a lot with knowledge and how we are impacting the environment. I think these tests really outline how much resources each person actually uses as sometimes putting that into reality changes one’s perspectives. As i stated in my introduction, my life currently has flipped and now I will have to get used to a new normal for a while, I could implement some of these savings as well and bring that habit to my partner when he returns. 

-Ryan