Saturday, December 19, 2009

Your ecological footprint

How big is your ecological footprint? You can go online and complete a quiz to calculate it.

I figure most people in North America have a bigger footprint than they should and awareness is the first step to solving the problem.

L got nominated by her school for one of the big full scholarships at the university of her choice. Each school can only nominate one or two people depending on the university. We're thrilled, although there are likely a lot of contenders. Also, that's one more application for her to complete. She also already got acceptances into 2 other universities. It's less than a week since she applied.

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8 comments:

TBM said...

Wow!!! Congratulations to your girl!! You all must be extremely proud, Christine :-)

And LOL, Roxi was reading that worst burger article to me today. Amazing and blech!

Christine said...

thanks Japra. We actually bought one of those 'eat this not that books', they make sense.

The Mind of a Mom said...

Congrads to L on her scholarships! Way to go :o)

miruspeg said...

Christine, I did the footprint test and I need 2.41 planets and produce 9.76 tonnes per annum....not a very pleasing result :(

Fantastic news about L and her being accepted into 2 universities already. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the scholarship!

Hugs
Peggy xxx

Kay said...

Congratulations to L! That is fabulous!

As for our ecological footprint. We're trying our best everyday to lessen our footprint.

Lizzie said...

Holy schmoly...congrats to L! Woot! :)

Christine said...

Thanks, SoccerMom

Peggy, it must be the lifestyle we live in developed countries, our spoiled lives may have to change

Kay, good for you on being so ecologically aware

Thanks Lizzie

Pete said...

Congrats to L...!