Sustainability 1 questions
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The document is an online footprint calculator that asks a series of questions to assess an individual's environmental impact. It asks about diet, housing type and materials, household size, energy efficiency, transportation habits including driving, public transit and flying to determine one's carbon footprint and effect on the planet.
Sustainability 1 questions
- 1. How much do you affect the world? www.Footprintcalculator.org 1. How often do you eat animal-based products ona scale of 1-5? (1 never – 5 very often) 2. How much of the food that you eat do you think is unprocessed, unpackaged or locally grown? (0-100%) 3. Which housing type best describes your home? a. Freestanding – no running water b. Freestanding – running water c. Multi-story apartment d. Duplex, row house or building with 2-4 housing units e. Luxury 4. What material is your house constructed with? a. Straw/bamboo b. Wood c. Brick/concrete d. Adobe (a type of clay) e. Steel 5. How many people live in your household? 6. How would you describethe sizeof your home? (Tiny, small, medium, large, huge) 7. Do you have electricity? 8. How energy efficient is your home? (This means is the heating on a lot, do you leave lights on, do you havemany appliances/technology?) (Answer below average, averageor above average) 9. What percentage of your home’s electricity comes from renewable sources do you believe? (Roughly 20% on average from government scheme (wind) but does your home have anything extra?) 10. Compared to your neighbours, how much trash do you think you generate? (Mush less, less, same, more, much more) 11. How far do you travel by car each week? (1km roughly 1 minute let’s say) (Motorbike= 0) 12. What is the average fuel economy of the vehicles you use? (60-80 miles to the Gallon is average in Ireland – how often do you need petrol do you think? Lots – 60mpg, nota lot – 80mpg) (Motorbike= 0) 13. When you travel by car, how often do you carpool? (Answer in %) 14. How far do you travel by public transportation a week (Again, 1km – 1 minute) 15. How many hours do you fly each year?