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Ecological Footprint Paper Instructions

Before working on this assignment, read pdf pages 9-14 of the Ecological Footprint of Nations (If you want to print this reading, remember to specify the pdf page numbers or you'll get the whole document!) and take the online Ecological Footprint Quiz. Then compose a 4-5 page (12 point font, double spaced, 1-inch margins) paper that answers the following questions:

• What is the size of your ecological footprint? How does that number compare with the available productive acres per person? How does that number compare with the average U.S. citizen? How does that number compare with a citizen of China?

• What two components of your lifestyle (Food, Shelter, Mobility, Goods/Services) require the most available productive acres and why? Explain.

• What two components of your lifestyle (Food, Shelter, Mobility,Good/Services) require the least amount of available productive acres and why? Explain.

• What questions do you think were left out of this quiz that might influence the size of your ecological footprint? Explain how these other considerations might affect the size of your ecological footprint.

• What steps can you take to reduce the size of your ecological footprint?

Hint: Check out answers to the Frequently Asked Questions listed under Comments and Questions and the What You Can Do links on the final page of the quiz to help you answer these questions.

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