Environmental Scavenger Hunt

For the environmental scavenger hunt I decided to find out what my ecological footprint is. In other words, how many planet Earths is required to provide myself with the resources I use every day.

The ecological footprint required some information about my everyday life. Things like, how much processed foods do I eat every day, how often I use public transportation, how often I drive a car, and how much waste I create.

I was surprised to find out that if everyone lived like myself, it would take 6 planet earths to provide enough resources for everyone!  Additionally, to support my lifestyle it takes 26.8 global acres of Earth’s productive area. That is 30.4 tons of carbon dioxide.

I was very surprised to find out how wasteful I am. I thought I was an incredible earth conscious individual, and someone who values the environment. If I use 6 planet earths with my waste, I cannot imagine how many planet earths wasteful people use.  After doing the footprint test I will definitely try and be conservative with my waste, and be even more conscious about how I use the environment.

Ecofeminism stresses the important connection between women and the environment. Feminists care deeply about the environment, because the environment directly affects the lives and health of women. The exploitation of the environment is connected to the exploitation and abuse of women. There is a shared view that believes that the oppression of nature’s natural resources and the oppression of women have commonalities linked through patriarchy. Women play a very important and crucial role in the management of the environment. When women are ignored the environment gets ignored too.  If there is pollution of reproductive toxins that endanger a women’s ability to have children this is of concern to feminists. being of women, and feminists care about the environment because women depend on the environment.