Personal Footprint
How much land area does it take to support your lifestyle? Take this quiz to find out your Ecological Footprint, discover your biggest areas of resource consumption, and learn what you can do to tread more lightly on the earth.
Built in partnership with Free Range Studios (creators of the viral film the Meatrix and The Story of Stuff), the calculator offers an interactive, fun way for people to explore and reduce their Footprints. Later additions will include a blog and social networking feature through which people can connect with each other, share resources and dialogue about how to live a low-Footprint lifestyle.
The calculator is based on internationally accepted methodological standards,* using data from Global Footprint Network's National Footprint Accounts** While the current version is based on data specifically for the U.S. and Australia, Global Footprint Network is developing an enhanced, data-rich version which will enable people around the world to calculate their Footprints with data specific to their region.
Global Footprint Network is inviting corporate, government and NGO partners to help launch the calculator worldwide. The calculator can be customized for specific organizations and geographical areas. Please contact Jennifer Mitchell at jennifer@footprintnetwork.org if you would like to be involved or would like the calculator customized for your organization.
*These standards were adopted in 2006 in order to ensure that Footprint studies are both credible and consistent. Consistency across applications will encourage even more widespread adoption of the Ecological Footprint, increasing its effectiveness as a catalyst for a sustainable future. Approximately 90% of all leading Ecological Footprint practitioners worldwide have joined Global Footprint Network and have agreed to adhere to these standards.
**This is the same data being used by NGOs such as IUCN and WWF, national governments such as the Governments of Japan, Switzerland and Canada, as well as financial institutions such as Pictet Bank, Sarasin Bank and Portfolio 21 Investments. Decisions about the data and methods used for the National Accounts are guided by a consensus, committee-based process for the ongoing scientific review of the methodology.