What's your ecological footprint?

How big is your footprint?
It depends on the shoe you wear.

There are two types of footprint calculators that have become popular these days. Both generate a number based upon personal lifestyle choices but the difference is what the numbers represent. The Carbon Footprint measures the amount of carbon emissions our lifestyle generates while the Ecological Footprint measures the amount of nature (acres) needed to support our lifestyle.

What’s your ecological footprint?
How much nature does your life consume? Click here to access calculators and resources to evaluate how the food you eat, the place you live, and the way you travel impacts the environment.

What’s your carbon footprint?
How much carbon dioxide does my lifestyle produce? Click here to access calculators and resources to evaluate how the place you live, the way you travel, and the resources you use effect this greenhouse gas.

Resources for Reducing your Footprint

ZeroFootprint
Zerofootprint (ZFP) is a global green lifestyle hub bringing together green people, products, stories and events.

Our Community and the Environment
Often the solutions to environmental concerns can best be found in your own community. To find those solutions, you can identify the departments and people who handle environmental matters by conducting an “Environmental Inventory” of your community.