LAS 101, Fall 2010
Homework 5 on ecological footprinting and environmental sustainability
Due in class Week 7
Name:
Intern’s Name:
Points earned: ______/4
Instructions: Answer all of the questions below, print out the word-processed
document, and bring it to LAS 101 class, Week 7.
Note: In order to answer Questions 1-5, you must take the ecological footprint quiz at
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/
Print your results. [If you have trouble accessing the quiz, please try another
computer with an updated browser.] Then use your ecological footprint quiz results
and other information from the Footprint Network website to answer Questions 1-5.
1. If everyone lived like you, how many earths would we need to provide
enough resources?
2. How many global acres does it take to support your lifestyle?
3. What sector (food, shelter, mobility, goods, or services) makes up the
majority of your ecological footprint? What sector represents the
smallest percentage? What, if anything, surprised you about your quiz
results?
4. According to information on the Footprint Network website, what are
two things you can do now to reduce your ecological footprint?
5. According to the Ecological Footprint standards, what does the
ecological footprint calculate? How is that different from a carbon
footprint calculator? (See the FAQ section of the website.)
6. What are the names of two sustainability-focused, or “green,” Registered
Student Organizations at the University of Illinois and what is the
mission/purpose of each? Use the following website to help you answer:
http://sustainability.illinois.edu/studentgroups.html
7. According to information available at the following website:
http://sustainability.illinois.edu/reports.html, (accessed 8-23-2010), the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign participates each year in a
survey distributed by the Princeton Review. What does the Green
Campus portion of the survey measure? What is Illinois’ “green”
ranking among Big 10 Universities?
8. According to information available at the following website:
http://sustainability.illinois.edu/ssc.html, (accessed 8-23-2010), what is
the purpose of the Student Sustainability Committee?
9. How does your dorm encourage its residents to live a sustainable life
style? Please explain.
10. What is the City of Urbana doing in order to reduce its ecological
footprint and promote “sustainability”? Use this website to help you
answer: http://urbanaillinois.us/sustainability