You can't make an impact, right? After all, you're just one person, and one person changing his or her life isn't going to make much of an impact in the long run, right?
Well, that's not what the National Geographic program "The Human Footprint" claims. This program is aimed at demonstrating the 'footprint' just a single human (assuming US people) has on the Earth within his or her lifetime. Here's just a few of the numbers...
Now, one person, recycling all the soda cans they drink during their lifetime can save enough energy to power a TV for 130,000 hours, or over 14 years. If we simply unplug appliances such as computers and televisions when we aren't using them, we can each save half a ton of CO2 from going into the atmosphere each year.
Still think that one person can't make any difference? While one person's efforts don't necessarily stop the vast amounts of consumption of others in the US and around the world, one person can make a difference when it comes to the environment. Consider making some of those small changes to help reduce your own footprint.
For more information about the human footprint, visit the Human Footprint Online.
Earth Day is next week. Learn something and make some effort to preserve our environment, and our world.
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People should be aware at what they can do to help the world. One person can make a difference. I recycle.
I'm not an environmentalist, as far too many are what I call watermelons. Green on the outside, commie-red all the way through.
Wanting to conserve and be less wasteful is good. Wanting to force it by government intervention is not.
There is alot of outright crap involved in alot of these reporting statistics, along with the assertion that CO2 causes global warming (correlation is not causation).
All of that aside, intelligent use of what one has is always good. Being a Good Steward... that whole thing.
I only approve of demanding someone be less wasteful on the industrial scale. There's no reason for many factories to produce as much waste as they do, and it's not something that can be changed easily by individuals.
~C
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Damn straight; it is time we all woke up about this issue. Anyone can make a difference and everyone should try, after all. Read my blog on sustainability.
Power to the people,
Brittany
Very interesting blog. Way to support it with details and statistics.
I like the statistics, it allows me to see how much one constant change can help. Thanks, nice persuasion.