Calculate your global footprint

I. Housing

a) How many people are in your household?

i) 1

(30)

ii) 2

(25)

iii) 3

(20)

iv) 4

(15)

v) 5 or more

(10)

b) How is your house heated?

i) natural gas

(30)

ii) electricity

(40)

iii) oil

(50)

iv) renewable (solar, wind)

(0)

c) How many individual faucets (taps in your kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room, and outside) and toilets do you have in your house?

i) less than 3

(5)

ii) 3-5

(10)

iii) 6-8

(15)

iv) 8-10

(20)

v) more than 10

(25)

d) What type of home do you live in?

i) apartment/condominium

(20)

ii) house

(40)

II. Food

a) How many meals per week do you eat meat or fish?

i) 0

(0)

ii) 1-3

(10)

iii) 4-6

(20)

iv) 7-10

(35)

v) more than 10

(50)

b) How many home-made meals do you eat per week (including those you bring to school/work)?

i) under 10

(25)

ii) 10-14

(20)

iii) 14-18

(15)

iv) more than 18

(10)

c) When purchasing your food items, does your family try to buy locally produced goods?

i) yes

(25)

ii) no

(125)

iii) sometimes

(50)

iv) rarely

(100)

v) don't know

(75)

III. Transportation

a) If you or your family own/use a car, what type of car is it?

i) motorcycle

(15)

ii) small compact

(35)

iii) mid-sized

(60)

iv) full-sized

(75)

v) sports utility vehicle or mini-van

(100)

vi) pick-up truck or full-size van

(130)

b) How do you get to school/work?

i) car

(50)

ii) public transit (bus, streetcar, subway, train)

(25)

iii) school bus

(20)

iv) walk

(0)

v) bicycle or rollerblade

(0)

c) How many trips do you make per week on public transit that you would have otherwise used a car?

i) 0

(50)

ii) 1-5

(40)

iii) 6-10

(30)

iv) 11-15

(20)

v) more than 15

(10)

d) Where did you go on vacation within the last year?

i) no vacation

(0)

ii) Ontario

(10)

iii) outside Ontario, but within Canada

(30)

iv) the United States

(40)

v) outside North America

(70)

e) How many summer weekend trips do you take by car (e.g., going to a cottage, camping etc.)?

i) 0

(0)

ii) 1-3

(10)

iii) 4-6

(20)

iv) 7-9

(30)

v) more than 9

(40)

IV. Purchases

a) How many large purchases (e.g., stereo, TV, VCR, home computer, car, furniture, fridge, stove, etc.) has your household made in 2000:

i) 0

(0)

ii) 1-3

(15)

iii) 4-6

(30)

iv) more than 6

(45)

b) Have you bought any more energy-efficient products in the past year (e.g. light bulbs, fridges, stoves, furnaces)?

i) yes

(0)

ii) no

(25)

V. Waste

a) Does your household try to reduce the amount of waste generated in the house (e.g., buying food in bulk, refusing junk mail/flyers, using reusable containers for storage, using natural cleaners for household cleaning)?

i) always

(0)

ii) sometimes

(10)

iii) rarely

(20)

iv) never

(30)

b) Does your household compost?

i) always

(0)

ii) sometimes

(10)

iii) rarely

(15)

iv) never

(20)

c) Does your household recycle newspapers, cardboard/boxboard/pizza boxes, fine paper, steel and aluminum cans, glass/plastic bottles and other materials?

i) always

(0)

ii) sometimes

(10)

iii) rarely

(15)

iv) never

(20)

d) How many garbage bags of waste do you leave at the curb each week for pick up?

i) 0

(0)

ii) one half-full garbage bag

(5)

iii) 1

(10)

iv) 2

(20)

v) more than 2

(30)