going green:
getting started // calculate your impact
We’ve put together some easy to-use tools for you to take a look at how your lifestyle impacts our planet (also known as our home!) and the only one we have, why not look after it?
Step up and take the challenge to see where you can make a few small changes to make our future greener. Taking a minute or two here and there or just changing the way you think about things like single-use plastics can make a big difference for our future generations as well as our own!
1. calculate your ecological footprint
this is a quick and easy way to gain a holistic view on your impact. it takes into account your usage on resources like food, materials and energy and then compares it to how quickly our planet can absorb our waste and generate new resources. by definition your ecological footprint is “the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.” basically how many planets we would need if everyone lived like you.
www.footprintcalculator.org by Global Footprint Network
2. calculate your carbon footprint
a more in-depth look at the total amount of green house gases you generate.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/ by The Nature Conservancy
3. calculate your foodprint
“your “foodprint” is the result of everything it takes to get your food from the farm to your plate”. many of which we don’t even think about as consumers, take this quick quiz to see what they are.
https://foodprint.org/quiz/ by FoodPrint
–> interested in leading a more plant-based lifestyle? Visit our cafe to discover always changing recipes!
4. calculate your plastic footprint
have you ever wondered how much plastic you actually use? take this 2 minute quiz to get a visual on how many plastic items you use in a year.
https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/content/plastics-calculator by Greenpeace
5. calculate your water footprint
find out your daily water use, based on your tap water and the “virtual water” used to produce your food, electricity, gas and home goods.
www.watercalculator.org by GRACE Communications Foundation
are there any great tools we missed that you use? let us know in the comments below
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the urbivore sisters
