What is your Ecological Footprint

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What is your Ecological Footprint?
How deep does your daily activities imprint onto
the Earth? Take home the test below and see for
yourself!
SourceHealthy Sustainable Communities Centre
for Human Settlements University of British
Columbia 2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Canada
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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT DATA WORKSHEET

• Measure the sustainability of your lifestyle!
• Approximately 4.5 acres of land is available to
  provide all resources and absorb all wastes for
  every human
• Average American consumes about 24 acres of the
  planets surface, more than 5X the amount which
  can be sustained without harming the Earth!
• This would require at least 3 Earths to provide
  all the material and energy for each American

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Highland Park Municipal Vehicle Assessment

• Existing Conditions
• Currently, not enough information available to
  properly assess Borough fleet
• Efforts should be made to keep records up to
  date.
• Keep more detailed information regarding each
  individual vehicle.
• Current maintenance practices within the HPDPW
  are limited because of lack of proper diagnostic
  machines and computers
• Recommendations
• All relevant information placed into a database
  is simple and would provide efficient measures
  that would aid in maintaining the Borough fleet.
• Explore possibilities of shared services
  agreements with neighboring municipalities.
• Explore the possibility of purchasing alternative
  fuel cars. This may include hybrid, compressed
  natural gas, or electric.