Human Footprints

Sustainable means to continue going far from the future (forever if possible.) When we talk about sustainability we should think about three important things:
1.) Resource (what are the things that we are using made of? Are they renewable or not?
2.) Waste (how much waste is produced? What can be recycled or reused?)
3.) Impact (we need to know the impact of the use of the product or activity on society and environment)
Human footprint is how much of the world we are using in our lifetime. One of the examples how I can lessen my footprint is taking a taxi ride to school or going to school with a school bus.
Eco footprint is how much nature we have and how much of it we are using. We all have our ecological footprints (babies, animals, and small insects) because all species are using earth supplies for their needs.
Energy, food, transportation, garbage, and water make up the ecological footprint. I use 4,714 liters of water every week. That is 1.92 times as much as average Canadians use. My average consuming consequences is 41.7!!! That is a little too much.
The thing that really surprised me is how much products we use everyday to full-fill our lives. I didn't know this until we watched the movie "Human footprints." The amount of paper, containers, food and objects we waste, without even noticing. But what are we supposed to do? How can we possibly decrease the amount of things we use? This movie that we watched in class is just warning us so we can reduce our uses and use less water, transportation, food etc in our lives. This also goes to you and your family.
We can help! There are many ways we can help, of course, we can lessen the amount of energy, water, food, and transportation. But there are also some other things we can do with water, transportation, energy, food and garbage.
Water: 1.)Freshwater! 2.)Local Plants can help Water Conservation! 3.)Study your local waterways
Transportation: 1.) Compile and study commuting patterns 2.) Don't Idle!
3.) Walk!
Food: 1.)Grow your own herbs or vegetables 2.)Vegetarian meals 3.) Design a school garden 4.) Buy near, now and nutritious!
Energy: 1.) No Cost - Reduce by 10% 2.) Low Cost - Reduce by 10% 3.)Compact fluorescent light bulbs 4.)Outdoor Classroom 5.) Turn off anything that includes energy. 6.) Sustainable Energy
Garbage: 1.) No Junk Mail 2.) Waste Reduction Policy 3.) No Plastic or Paper Bags 4.) The Environment Club at Cape Breton Highlands Academy 5.) Develop an on-school recycling program 6.) Reduce Paper Use by 10%

I know I haven't really explained each of them, but you can go ahead and take a look at the site- http://www.ecovoyageurs.ca/en/page.cgi?stage=help/help .