My Carbon Footprint

I had the opportunity to take an interesting quiz and play an interesting game that enabled me to learn more about “My Carbon Footprint”!

The quiz that I took was called “Measure Your Eco-Footprint from Conservation International”. This quiz asked me different questions in regards to my recycling and reusing habits. For example, one of the questions asked was, “To reduce pollution, I…” An example of an answer to this question was, “use vinegar and water to clean windows”. At the end of this quiz I received a score of 17. I wish that the quiz would have specified whether or not that was a bad or good thing however from the written response I would assume that it was a bad thing. It said, “Don’t be discouraged. This is just the beginning of your new green lifestyle. Take the pledge below and join a wider community of people dedicated to protecting life on Earth.” I provided information along with my email so I guess it’s only a matter of time before I receive anything back.

The game that I played was called, “Energyville, from Chevron and the Economist Group”. At first I didn’t understand the concept of this game but after playing it a few times it was extremely interesting! Basically, you are responsible for powering up your city. Different ways of powering your city included solar power, coal, etc. At the end, you are scored on three main impacts: the economic impact, the environmental impact, and the security impact. On my second attempt of playing this game, after I learned the concept, I scored a medium final impact on my economic impact, a medium final impact on my environmental impact, and a high final impact on my security impact. I never realized how much goes into the thought process on how to power up a city!

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