My ecofootprint said that it would take 4.3 planet earths’ to provide enough resources for the entire population if everyone lived the way that I do. The calculator also said that it would take 19.3 global acres of the Earth’s productive area to support my lifestyle. The ecofootprint calculator gave me three scenarios to help reduce my ecofootprint. The scenarios consisted of reducing the amount of animal products I currently eat by at least half, purchasing products that use less packaging or are made out of 100% post-consumer recycled content material, and avoid flying by taking local vacations. I could definitely explore some of these options. Reducing the amount of animal products in my diet is a possibility, however I do not wish to cut out all animal or packaged products all together. This year I could make an attempt to fly less by making fewer trips to New York. Most of my family lives in New York and I try to visit them a few times a year, but I could possibly reduce my visits to twice a year. I could modify these three behaviors to reduce my ecofootprint and the resulting value after modifying these behaviors is 4 planet earths reducing my number by 0.4. Assuming that the average American ecofootprint is 4.6 earths and my calculation was 4.3 earths, if everyone lived like I do the maximum population that the earth could sustain would be about 1.6 billion people, which means that the planet could not support the current population.
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