Yikes. I got this from myfootprint.org.

CATEGORY GLOBAL ACRES FOOD 4.2 MOBILITY 3 SHELTER 2.7 GOODS/SERVICES 4 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 14

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 GLOBAL ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXISTS 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL ACRES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.1 PLANETS.

They have a lot of good suggestions. Most of them are intuitive (eat less meat, drive a fuel efficient car, etc). I’ve tried incorporate a few of them into my life, but it looks like I could do more. Here is a summary of their suggestions:

• Eat less meat: A plant-based diet generally requires less land, energy, and other resources. Crop-based food requires an average of 0.78 global hectares per ton of food, compared to 2.1 global hectares required to produce one ton of animal-based food. See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information on this topic (and others!).
• Drive a fuel-efficient vehicle and reduce the amount that you drive-walk, cycle, carpool, or use public transportation instead.
• Avoid purchasing disposable items with lots of packaging. Re-use items when possible, and always recycle items that are recyclable.
• Compost kitchen waste: Garbage that is not contaminated with degradable (biological) waste can be more easily recycled and sorted, and doesn’t produce methane gases (a significant greenhouse gas contributor) when stored in a landfill.
• Plant native and drought-tolerant plants in dry regions to reduce water use.
• Be a conscientious consumer—learn about sustainability-friendly products here, courtesy of The Center for a New American Dream. Also, for a teenage perspective on “buying different,” click here.
• Visit the GreenMarketplace, an online green shopping center, for all sorts of environmentally friendly products.
• Share magazines and catalogs by donating them to hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices or by creating an informal program in which you rotate magazines and catalogs among your neighbors.
• Save trees by freeing yourself from junk mail, in three basic steps! Also courtesy of The Center for a New American Dream.
• Reuse and recycle packing materials. You can recycle materials like packing “peanuts”—simply call 1-800-828-2214 for the Plastic Loose Fill Council’s “Peanut Hotline” and they’ll tell you the nearest recycling location.

What is your footprint?