Questionaries by EH1015

Martín Jorge Rodríguez González A01722039

2022-01-10 03:32:52 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day turned out to be April 16 and 3.4 Earths if everyone lived like me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Carbon footprint takes up 53% of my total Ecological Footprint, being shelter (2.9 gha) my biggest footprint habit.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

At first, I was shocked about my score. I believe I am really careful when wasting resources and managing my consumption. In spite of it I would have consumed more than 3 earths by now… After knowing this I went up to the solutions and found out that, in reality, the little I do is the most harmful to my footprint.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Probably research what other alternatives there are for what I am doing right now; and possible ways to reduce my footprint. Also, perhaps talking with my family to arrange some changes in our consumption.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I believe ideologically I am harming myself, for in thinking that there is nothing to do and not searching for other alternatives I am slowly teaching myself that there is nothing wrong with my consumption; and passing it on to others.

Martín Jorge Rodríguez González A01722039

2022-01-10 03:48:03 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

Currently I have 60 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I could not see, but I was surprised. I did not have many things the survey asked, nonetheless I got a rather high score.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Once again, I was surprised at my score. On the other hand, I believed that there were workers, a lot of them in fact, that were underpaid or had terrible working conditions. However, I never thought about them actually being slaves (sold, purchased and exchanged) used primarily for labor.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I would probably stop being part of the multinational chain that only seeks profit at great a margin and at the expense of these workers and actually research the best way I can acquire my commodities without harming others.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It is not only the environment and the chains of consumption that follow this situation, but actual human lives that are not being respected. All in order to obtain more profit.

Gemali Esperanza Martinez (A01760753)

2022-07-01 19:00:09 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is March 12, and if everyone lived like me, we would need 5.1 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My carbon footprint was 54% of my total ecological footprint and it was really high because of food consumption and mobility.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

My main discoveries/reflections were that I need to limit my footprint. I didn’t think my results would be so high, or that my overshoot day date would be so early in the year.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

To reduce my footprint, I plan on carpooling because there is no public transportation where I live. I also need to learn to be a ‘smarter shopper’ so that I can reduce food waste.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think my consumption habits fall in the ‘normal’ range of my peers and so we have normalized this excessive consumption and it will harm us in the long run. If we are careful about where our food comes from, we could be healthier people. If we carpool we can transmit less pollution into the air, and also benefit our health.

Gemali Esperanza Martinez (A01760753)

2022-07-01 19:47:56 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 44 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

My main discoveries/reflections were that I need to limit my consumption. I didn’t think my results would be so high.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

To reduce my footprint, I plan on being critical about what I buy and who I buy things from.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

These consumption habits directly affect human lives. If we keep buying and consuming at the levels we currently are, it is very unlikely that there will be any reduction in the amount of enslaved people.

Ecological footprint (Mi Dam Kim A01198484)

2023-01-05 00:13:47 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot is in March 29th. If everyone lived like me, we would need 4.1 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My biggest footprint was the CO2 emissions.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Until now, I've been believing that my consumption isn't as bad as other people. However, living in Monterrey, a city with poor public transportation, has me using excessive non-sustainable transportation fuels as well with my energy consumption at school/house.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

When thinking of my animal-derived-product's consumption I've realized that consume them more that I can imagine: cookies, milk, salad, ice-cream, chocolate, etc. Therefore, I will put my attention in reducing this unnecessary food and substitute them with healthier/ organic snacks.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Buying clothes, notebooks, cellphones and other goods have been encouraging "capitalist pigs" to exploit resources as well as slavery. Many people, including children, are being obligated to work (even to death) in big factories that aren't just paying them unfairly, but also abusing them and deprive them from education and other basic needs (food, freedom, etc.).

Slavery footprint (Mi Dam Kim A01198484)

2023-01-05 03:04:48 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 41 people exposed in slavery working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Personally I think it was mainly clothes and the food. However, it isn't detailed in the footprint calculator.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

This makes me believe that I may have been living in a fairytale where slavery didn't exist, when in fact it is still an unjust practice in nowadays capitalism. It makes me question about the story behind every article in my room, and that maybe these products cost, not just money, but someone's life.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I will reduce my net purchase, limiting for products that are essentially needed or articles that have a long-time use (clothes out of the fast-fashion notion, books, bags, etc.).

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Slavery and environmental issues are the most remarkable, but industries are also having an impact in education, making ignorant our new generations in ethics, morality and values. The lack of the basic education is creating an unbalanced lifestyle and interpersonal connections.

Ecological footprint (Arely Yael Villatoro Amador A01663303)

2023-01-05 19:29:06 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is May 8th. If everyone lived like me, we would need 2.8 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My carbon footprint (9.8) mainly caused by mobility

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It was surprising for me the options given in the goods section since I don't tend to get anything that's not necessary, however, the mobility section worries me a lot, especially since I don't see many other options I could use.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

My family and I have recently been thinking about installing solar panels in our house as well as a water recollection system, I think those would help in the housing area.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Labor and natural resources exploitation, though I tend to search for ethical alternatives (buying second-hand clothes, not buying things from companies that are known for their water waste, etc)

Ecological footprint (Manuel Madero A01285758)

2023-01-06 21:01:37 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is March 23th. If everyone lived like me, we would need 4.4 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

According to my results, it was mostly my mobility, but if I really think about it, I think it also could have something to do with my carbon footprint and the trash my family and I generate.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I often thought that my consumption was way less than my friend's because our way of living is very different, but consider the city where we live in, and all the things that come with it, it makes sense for my consumption and carbon footprint to increase and change.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Perhaps less traveling to other countries or the beach, trying to use public transportation less often and ride the bike more. It also made me realize that perhaps me and my family need to change some habits regarding our food consumption.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think it makes us more spoiled becase we think we will continue having access to these resources (renewable energies) forever, when in reality some of them are limited and we don't know when we'll fully run out of them. It makes us think that we can have everything at our disposal whenever we want it to.

Slavery footprint (Manuel Madero A01285758)

2023-01-06 22:45:32 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 43 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Perhaps the food consumption or maybe the things I have in my home and the technological aspect.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

My main discovery was that sometimes we take things for granted or we imagine that something is as it looks, when in reality nothing is as it seems. I never really thought that slavery or exploitation was behind many of the products we consume nowadays.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Change what I eat, donate some electronic gadgets I no longer use or need and try to purchase less clothes or make sure they don't exploit their employees.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Looking at the clothes aspect of the situation, the labour exploitation doesn't let the workers of the factory live a safe and healthy life because they're used to being overworked. It has ethical consequences on their lives.

Ecological Footprint (Emiliana Piera Fortique A00827650)

2023-01-09 04:07:41 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day turned out to be March 9th and 5.3 Earths if everyone lived like me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

my carbon footprint is 8.7, mainly caused by shelter

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I was really shocked about my results because I always try to take care of the things I eat and used to be as green as possible.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

research other alternatives for what I am doing right now, and possible ways to reduce my footprint with my regular activities

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I believe that this shows that maybe changing some habits we can improve our life, maybe changing eating habits can improve your health

Ecological Footprint (Carlos Loyo A01552354)

a01552354 — 2023-01-09 05:37:59 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is April 13th and if everyone lived like me we would need 3.5 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My Carbon Footprint is 5.8, being food the one that raised the most this number

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Although is not a good number I was surprised that my number of Earths is low compared with other people. Also that I am doing great with transportation.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Stop wasting water when I take a shower. Instead of passing 20 minutes under the shower, put limits and do not pass from 10 minutes

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Undoubtedly, for me, the biggest impact takes place in environment, but if I think more, consumption could bring me health diseases. This is a real problem since I saw my results where food was the one that raised my footprint. If I do not pay attention to it I could start eating in amounts I am not supposed to do and have health repercussions

Slavery footprint (Carlos Loyo A01552354)

a01552354 — 2023-01-09 05:58:52 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 37 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

As it is not detailed the result I have not certain what is causing this number. Perhaps the electronic devices or my diet are determinant

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That you do not realize or make that analysis of what represents having that jacket, phone, or even that plate of food. For something insignificant for you, for someone else is the synonym of suffering

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

As I mentioned before, I would think twice about a product or service I am going to buy and make sure that I need it. I would analyze to strike a balance between my wants and my needs, always thinking about people that might have suffered.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

The wellness of people that have the misfortune to have no other election than to do hardworking to have little money

Ecological Footprint (A00835527 - Pao de León O.)

2023-01-10 03:14:47 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My 'personal Overshoot Day' is March 7th and if everyone lived like me, we would need 5.5 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobility by 3.4 gha and in 'Land type' was Carbon Footprint by 6 gha.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I really was stunned by my results, i didn't expect it to be so high. I also realized that I need to take care of how much of each category I consume.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I could consider switching to more green ways of energy, and talking with my family to watch our habits and about how it affects the planet.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I t has an impact on everyone else, I'm not the only person living in the planet and I need to be careful and think that it affects other lives as well as mine.

Slavery Footprint (A00835527 - Pao de León O.)

2023-01-10 03:37:01 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 41 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Doesn't indicate but I think it was mostly my clothes.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The site tells you on each part what would be happening to those people working for slavery, and you don't really notice or think about it when you're buying stuff.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Stop making impulse purchases and research my favorite brands and how are their work laws.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There are human rights that are not being respected and their lives and futures could be at stake.

Ecological Footprint (Samuel Sánchez A00831772)

2023-01-12 18:16:32 UTC

- What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My personal Earth Overshoot Day is April 1. If everyone lived like me, we would need 4 Earths.

- What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
According to my results, food consumption. Makes sense, since I don't really eat anything that grows locally or hasn't been processed before.

- What were the main discoveries or reflections?
My main discovery was that I do not think about this on a regular basis, I'm so used to live a "privileged" life that sometimes I forget to do my part. I didn't realize my eating patterns could impact my footprint so greatly, but now that I know, I will surely try to improve.

- What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Definitely buy less clothes and donate some, I found recently that I don't need as much as I thought. Also try to think thoroughly of what I eat every day, and talk to my mom and sisters about this, so we can work together to downsize our footprint.

- What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
I think the fact that we would need 4 Earths if everyone lived like me, means it affects the lives of other people as well. Basically, I am contributing to the imbalance of resources and deterioration of our planet.

Slavery Footprint (Samuel Sánchez A00831772)

2023-01-12 18:18:35 UTC

- What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
I have 37 slaves working for me.

- What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
I have so many electronics, I love playing games and working with technology, but of course I have to be more mindful of its consequences.

- What were the main discoveries or reflections?
Again, I wasn't aware of the many things I own, I don't keep track of what I buy and this was definitely a good reminder to be more careful about it.

- What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Donate or gift some of my clothes and gadgets. Make a list of my priorities and what I need to fulfill them, then use only the necessary materials. Once again, I should talk about this with my family and motivate them to take care of their stuff too.

- What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
Violation of human rights. It's like taking away freedom from other people to uplift my own, I can't believe I have that many people working for me.

Ecological Footprint (Oscar Morones Ochoa – A01026384)

2023-01-19 02:24:20 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
- The results of my personal footprint calculator were that if everyone lived like I do, we would need 6.6 earths and my personal earth overshoot day would be February 24.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
- I consider that the activities or habits that affect the most my footprint are mainly 3. The first being that I eat meat every single day and my food isn’t organic nor from close farms or local stores. The second is that I utilize a lot the car and usually alone and without carpool although I’m going to the same place than some people or friends that I know. Finally, the third reason is that the electricity in my house isn’t as efficient as it could potentially be.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
- I was impressed of the results as I made the same quiz in high school and my result were much slower, thus it made me reflect what exactly changed in my behavior that increased so much the results in a negative way
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
- I intend to reduce certain behaviors such as utilizing the car multiple times a day and when going to places or friend’s houses try using carpool, also I’ll try to reduce the daily meat consumption with the help of a nutriologist to not hinder my health. Regarding the other cases, there’s really not much I can do, as I still live under my parent’s roof but surely when I move out i’ll try to reduce my carbon footprint.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
- I think that as we live in a capitalist society, the impact doesn’t only affect the environment but also the life of all the workers that produce the products I consume or use daily. Take as an example, fast-fashion workers that live in inhumane conditions and have extremely unfair wages and people who buy clothes from those stores, including myself, are contributing to such inequality.

Slavery Footprint (Oscar Morones Ochoa – A01026384)

2023-01-19 19:27:12 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
- The results of my personal slavery footprint calculator were that I have 40 slaves working for me.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
- I consider that the activities or habits that affect were the high consumption of meat and the high quantities consumed alongside with the quantity of clothing and electronic devices I own.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
- I was expecting to have a relatively high number of slaves as I made the ecological footprint quiz and got 6 earths aprox. but 40 slaves far surpassed my supposition in a negative way. Thus, I reflected upon this situation and I’ll try to change since they depicted it with slaves which makes it even more impactful than the ecological footprint.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
- I intend to reduce the daily meat consumption with the help of a nutriologist to not hinder my health, as mentioned before in the ecological footprint Q&A (as apparently it affects both) and I’ll try to avoid making unnecessary purchases of clothing and technology. Regarding the other cases, there’s really not much I can do, as I still live under my parent’s roof but surely when I move out i’ll try to reduce my carbon footprint.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
- I think that in this case the most relevant impact is directed to the well-being of a lot of people throughout the world, as they are currently working at an unjust market that either offers them a small and insufficient salary or simply not working and having no salary at all.

Ecological footprint calculator A01285139

2023-01-27 06:11:11 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like I live we would need 2.5 Earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The fact that I have to drive a long way to school and to work was the biggest impact on my calculator.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I never imagined that my results would be that high, I need to try to be more in tune with my emissions.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I am a vegetarian, I plan to have a vegan diet 3 days a week to try to downsize my footprint

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There are a lot of justice issues that I had never considered when consuming. Like for example, where do my clothes come from, or my food.

Ecological footprint calculator - Regina Díaz de León - A01285139

2023-02-02 04:43:55 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like I live we would need 2.5 Earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The fact that I have to drive a long way to school and to work was the biggest impact on my calculator.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I never imagined that my results would be that high, I need to try to be more in tune with my emissions.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I am a vegetarian, I plan to have a vegan diet 3 days a week to try to downsize my footprint

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There are a lot of justice issues that I had never considered when consuming. Like for example, where do my clothes come from, or my food.

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María Elizabeth Zavaleta A01761874

2023-02-27 16:30:42 UTC

(1) What were the results of the footprint calcularlo exercise? If everyone lived like me, we would need 5.4 earths.
(2) What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint? What affects my footprint is mainly my mobility and foods because I eat meat most of my days.
(3) What were the main discoveries or reflections? I really liked doing this assessment because I did not expect the results that I received.
(4) What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint? I am going to cut on meat more because it is something that I have began working on but it is definitely hard.
(5) What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have? There are a lot of justice issues such as the consumptions of goods and how many people work on this to allow us all to eat.

Ecological footprint calculator A01761487 Astrid Merlet

2023-02-27 20:57:36 UTC

1.1 What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

The results of the Footprint Calculator exercise are as follows:

My ecological footprint is 7.1 in hectares,

My carbon footprint is 13.1 tonnes of CO2 per year,

My carbon footprint represents 64% of my overall ecological footprint.

1.2 What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption activity that has increased my footprint is mobility, air travel in particular.

1.3 What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Awareness, by putting numbers on my carbon footprint and ecological footprint. Observing the most emitting activities in my footprint to know or make efforts.

1.4 What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Try to do more carpooling to reduce my carbon footprint and limit air travel.

1.5 What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

They can cause damage to nature or to certain animal species (overexploitation of cows for cheese, for example).

Ecological footprint calculator - Diego Nava - A00833143

2023-02-28 22:27:33 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me, we would need 5.1 earths, my personal earth overshoot day is in march 12.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

It definitely was the amount of flights hours I have every year, I am not from Monterrey and I fly over to visit my family at least 4 times a year.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It is very impressive the amount of things that can damage the environment, I believed that I was, to an extent, responsable with my actions regarding the environment but noticed that I need to make a lot of changes.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I need to change my habits in order to not have such a big ecological footprint, I could start by shopping more local products and promote carpool with my friends.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits can also damage the local economy as I don't tend to buy my groceries from a local seller.

Sofía Belén Castillo Ramírez A01662971

2023-02-28 23:07:43 UTC

1. What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My personal Earth Overshoot Day is April 12th. If everyone lived like you, we would need 3.6 Earths.

2. What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Mobility, because I always use a personal car, and almost never public transport.

3. What were the main discoveries or reflections?
That even though I do try to be careful about my consumption of food, services, and other kinds of products, my footprint is still very large, and that is concerning.

4. What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I'm going to use more the school transport to get to school and back home, as well as carpool to take advantage of a car, or use public transport when I'm by myself. I will also try harder to eat less animal products.

5. What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
First of all, I believe that consumption of clothes (specifically of fast fashion) can be extremely detrimental to third world countries' economies and to their population suffering from labor exploitation. This also affects Mexico's economies, because when we look for the cheaper prices or easiest access we tend to not buy local, therefore Mexico's industries and economy can't grow.
Besides, overconsumption can cause health problems too, both physical and mental. For example, Driving to school in a personal car, by myself, adds not only to pollution, but also to traffic, which causes insane amounts of stress for me and for the rest of people stuck in traffic.

Daniel Aliaga Argoytia (A01027565) Ecological Footprint

2023-03-01 04:34:37 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

We would need 4.8 Earths if everyone lived like me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobility since I tend to drive by myself to the university

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

How big my carbon footprint was by itself, as it is 5.2 gha by itself

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Try to carpool more often to go to school or utilize other forms of transportation that contaminate less

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think the damage people since there are still many unregulated sectors in industries on third world countries where they take advantage of those living there to increase profits and lower costs

Ecological Footprint (Pedro Gomez A01027841)

2023-03-01 18:49:13 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
- The result is that if everyone lived like me we would need 3.8 earths like ours. And that the overshoot day is the 8th of April.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
- The activity that rose my footprint is related to the food that I consume. Since I live alone I tend to go for the packaged goods, or the ones that are processed and I eat an excessive amount of meat and chicken , which does not help my case.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
- The main discovery that I learned is that I tend to eat processed foods more than I thought and my habit of eating more meat than I should. This is because I tend not to think about it since I know that meat is a great protein so I don't pay attention to the amounts I eat every week.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
- Have a more balanced diet, less meat and instead more fruit and vegetables in order to reduce the footprint.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
- Another impact is in the population/social area. What I mean by that is that because of my consumption habits there is a possibility that it affects the local produce and in turn affects the economy and population by ignoring the products that are less processed.

Daniel Aliaga Argoytia (A01027565) Slavery Footprint

2023-03-01 23:13:18 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

The results show that I currently have 32 slaves working for me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I have too many electronic devices, basically because I love to play video games and I'm always interested in new technology that is coming into the market

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

All the things I own and how easily things start to accumulate and before you know it, you are continuing to buy and buy things you don't need

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Try and buy less things especially electronics. Wait more time until I buy the next iPhone or a new computer and continue to use the old ones.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

How it affects others, especially those living in poor and vulnerable conditions, since those are the ones who get treated the worst.

Ecological footprint calculator. Rebeca Blanco de la Cruz (A01710074)

2023-03-02 01:45:07 UTC

1. What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My results show that if everyone were to be living like I do, we would need 4.3 Earths, while my personal earth overshoot day is march 26.

2. What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Shelter and food, since I consume a lot of electricity in my home and I frequently consume animal/plant based products, as well as packaged food.

3. What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I honestly didn’t think my lifestyle was like this, I thought I needed to change only a few things, but looking at my results I need to change a lot. I’m shocked and quite embarrassed because I thought better of myself.

4. What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I need to change a lot, starting by using renewable energy in my home or at least reduce my consumption, to driving less or doing carpool, to have better food choices and support local products.

5. What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

As mentioned in the article from above, consumption habits can sometimes be inadequate, since many multinationals hire global labor-value chains, were employers receive low incomes and the working conditions aren’t the best, only to maximize their profit. Therefore, my consumption habits, besides having an environmental impact, can also have a social impact, specially, when I buy clothes from multinationals that are known for this.

Slavery footprint. Rebeca Blanco de la Cruz (A01710074)

2023-03-02 02:20:37 UTC

1. What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

The test displayed that I have 32 slaves working for me.

2.What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Probably the fact of my food habits and electronical devices. Since I consume a lot of dairies and I use a lot of electronical devices for school and as entertainment.

3. What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I would’ve never imagined in my entire life, that my actual lifestyle equals having 32 people working for me. This is shocking.

4.What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

First of all, avoid supporting enterprises or multinationals where employers work in extreme conditions, I need to be more conscious of where I’m buying my things and which type of commerce I’m supporting.

5. What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Definitely this has a social impact, a big one. Modern slavery is still a problem and as ashamed as I am, my lifestyle is supporting it.

Roberto Sada Ibarra (A01660642)

2023-03-02 03:22:58 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone in the world lived as I do, we would need 4.3 earths in order to sustain them.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I am actually doing quite well in mobility, goods, and services (around 1.1 earths on each one), but food and shelter drastically increase my footprint because I eat too many products (especially beef) that are not locally produced.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I realized that my impact on the planet is much more detrimental than I had previously realized. I thought that I was being concious enough and had good habits, but it turns out that there are some areas in which I need to improve.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

- Maintaining or slightly reducing my current habits in mobility and the purchase of goods and services.
- Reducing dairy and meat intake to one portion a day.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption of certain goods has, without question, lead to suffering that I cannot see and thus often overlook. For example, livestock are kept in abhorrent, crammed conditions in order to achieve a certain output, a practice which I support by consuming the meat produced by that system.

Hannia Simón de León A01658188

2023-03-02 04:06:10 UTC

1. The result of my footprint exercise was 4.4 earths
2. The part of food was the one that elevate my footprint
3. My mayor discovery was that my carbon footprint was of 9.4
4. Be more concious about what i consume and analize what impact will have my actions in the planet,
5. Also social impacrs sucha s the use of my car

Ecological footprint Ana Paula Cedillo A01749718

2023-03-02 22:55:46 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is April 28th and we would need 3.1 Earths if everyone lived like me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Food, even though I thought that was going to be the lowest one, given that I don't really like meat and poultry so I don't eat them often.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I was very surprised by the results, I thought that I was very mindful of the products I consume and how much I consume. But I guess even when we feel like we're doing something, it won't make a really big difference if we don't change deeply set habits.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I plan on consuming clothing more mindfully, given that I sometimes feel like I buy things I won't be able to use for a decent period of time, therefore contributing to never-ending waste.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think it impacts the people that make the stuff that you buy, the less you pay for something is the less they're getting paid for their labor, so they could be getting underpaid, which is wrong.

Slavery footprint Ana Paula Cedillo A01749718

2023-03-03 02:22:27 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My results were that 32 slaves work for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think it was the food, given that I consume most of the products listed very frequently and in big quantities.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I think for me, it was the fact that not only do global south countries have slaves but rich countries do too, like the case in Japan, where people work so much and never take vacations. So I guess my conclusion is, slavery never went away, we just found new ways to go about it without it being shocking.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Consume consciously and to try and use the bar code tip given to us in the reading, to make sure I'm consuming as ethically as I can. And also not buying fast fashion.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It enables companies and big factories to give people bad working conditions and very low wages that result in poor living conditions for the workers and their families, which is very sad.

Sofía Sánchez García A01658809

colibri48coy — 2023-03-03 18:39:31 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

Being an outsider I would need 2.4 Earths and the overdraft day would be May 31.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The activity of increasing my footprint was mobility since I travel a lot by plane, although not so much by car since when I do use it it is with several people who share a single vehicle.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It is amazing how one person can affect the world so much, how one can think that they do everything in their power and yet it is not enough. I was surprised to see that the one that affects the most is mobility as I didn't consider that I move around too much in vehicles, as I usually walk to get where I need to go, but I had forgotten about consumption when traveling by plane.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Being realistic, I consider that the changes I could make would not affect much since, as I mentioned, what affects the most is the fact that I travel by plane to visit my family in another state, because I can't stay here in Monterrey when the semester finishes and I have to return to my state. The changes I would make would be in the consumption of electricity, the garbage I create, etc.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Consuming more of a product affects the economy, for example, the telephone, when it was first created, was very expensive, as more people were making a consumption these were reducing its price to be something more acceptable and even now everyone has one.

FOOTPRINT / SALVERY Daniela Gatica Loredo A01411660

2023-03-03 19:21:01 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me, we would need like 2.9 earths and my personal earth overshoot day is 05 May.

I have 32 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Shelter, i think because where i live are like condoms, and i live with 4 more people so, our electricity consume they are often high, and mobility, since sometimes I usually take cars or buses to move around, usually when I go to do my shopping.

I means is obvious that what I got is thanks to people that work in it, but never really came to reality.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I think that I'm doing a good effort, since I being changing habits constantly, like changing my diet (I'm vegetarian, but usually consume in a vegan way), I tent no to buy clothes that I don't need and the ones that I have, try to stay in undamaged shape. And in the way of mobility, I bought a bicycle, to move around, go to school, etc.

When using the word "slaves or slavery" that feels worse, since its a hit to reality that what you got it did not appear, there are people behind and we dont know how their humans rights are being respected.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I think I would try to consume more locally and healthily, invite more friends to carpool. Meatless Mondays.

Its hard for me to say to try to handmad them, but at leats try to be more aware of that fact and be more carefull and sensitive of people with their own entrepreneurship.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

First of all, its hard, but no impossible to try to have a good quality life, and good I mean; I'm vegetarian, my first months with my family, they think I was going to die if I didn't eat meat, this lack of communication and to not try to listen, even if prove them with science, and even if I show other people experience, some people just don't want to see or is tiring, confusing, intimidating "CHANGE", the fact that we need to dis-learn to learn again usually cause panic in people. They repeat what they learn from their parents, and if a new generation just take all of their "knowledgedg, beliefs, tradition" and say that this is wrong, nobody will accept. We should take it slow, and have better communication with people, because, we don't want a war, and every being angry, just respect and try to involve these new actions with something they feel familiar with as well.

Maybe the fact that we dont know in what conditions or how people are working for this big factories, and even if we know, we dont try or do anything for their rights.

Paola Villafaña - A01705544

a017055441 — 2023-03-03 20:04:26 UTC

Global Footprint Network:

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived the way I live, February 19th would be the Earth Overshoot day and we would need 7.3 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobilty was my highest consumption habit. I believe that it is due to the fact that I own my own car therefore I usually don't take public transportation, the average kilometers I travel per week is 300 kilometers and although I occasionally carpool it is mostly for my personal use making a considerable increase in the number because of the carbon emissions produced by the car. Although I would like to mention that my vehicle has a double zero verification, a hologram that is granted as recognition to vehicles whose environmental performance is higher than that established in the current national regulation, in accordance with the conditions established by Mexico City.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I think my main reflection lies in my daily habits and the consequences they bring to the rest of the population. To be honest I don't always pay attention to the waste generated by my lifestyle because I'm used to it and I was definitely not aware that is effect was as it was presented to me, I believe that I need to start making better and greener consumption choices in order to improve these aspects of my life.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

From now on I'll try to make better decisions, like limiting my meat consumption, carpooling with my roomie more often, installing ecologic lightbulbs around my apartment, and reducing my waste as well. just recycle them.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I believe that in addition to the environmental consequences, there are social consequences. Being part of a culture of consumerism also generates social pressure to acquire certain objects, which leads more people to be victims of labor overexploitation, generates more differences and rejection between social classes, and leads to to worse working conditions to save costs and improve production

Slavery Footprint:

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the test with my consumer's choices I have 32 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Probably the number of clothes, shoes and accessories I own, although this test does not provide details, I recognize that I usually buy things out of pleasure rather than need.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Since I entered the test I began my learning, discovering that there is a greater number of slaves than population in Canada; Being very honest, I did not know that slaves were still victims of modern society, much less that my decisions as a consumer affected the increase in their number. I think that I make purchases many times without fully assimilating their consequences and these discoveries will help me make better decisions. .

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

To begin with, I would like to take a sewing workshop that will help me edit or transform my clothes according to my needs without having to throw them away, in addition to starting to do more shopping in second-hand places and making sure that the establishments where I buy provide good working conditions for their workers and have socially responsible and sustainable practices

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

- I think labor exploitation and poor working conditions are increasing.
- They give more power to large corporations and not to local businesses.
- Inspire the culture of consumerism by increasing comparison and risks to mental health
- Overexploits resources

Sofía Belén Castillo Ramírez A01662971 Slavery Footprint

2023-03-03 23:58:12 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 32 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Probably my clothes, and food consumption.

I try not to buy that many clothes, but through the years I've collected a good amount of clothes, shoes, and accessories. That's also in what I enjoy the most spending my money.

And foods probably too, because in my family we do consume more imported goods from big companies than local ones.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It really surprised me the amount of forced labor in the shrimp market, from fishing to pilling it.

And the impact of electronic devices as well, because I already know the ecological impact they can have, but added to that the slavery that is possible thanks to their production is terrible.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I'm going to buy more locally sourced goods, so that I can know were they came from, to be completely secure that there wasn't any slavery involved with their production.

What other impacts besides slavery related issues do you think your consumption habits have?

I think that my consumption of imported goods can have a very bad impact on the environment (because of the overproduction of goods, and the transportation from wherever they were made), as well as the impact it has on the people who have to work for extremely low wages and poor conditions, that because of the situation can cause terrible health issues at the long run.

Jorge Israel Coutiño Aldrete. A01749206.

2023-03-04 04:06:36 UTC

1- What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
R: My results are concerning, because I would need 6 plantes so the whole world could live as I do. This made me realized how much waste we are all generating, I am generating day by day.
2-What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
R:I think it was the distance I travel weekly by car, because the distance between my house and the campus is at least a forty minutes drive.
3-What were the main discoveries or reflections?
R:The ways we all generate waste without even noticing, and how I take for granted many things, just as the animal-based products.
4-What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
R:I am thinking about changing the way I buy the groceries, because this is making an impact on all the garbage I am generating comparing it to what my neighbors are generating.
5-What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
R:I think they have an impact mainly on a pollution environment, this is because of the distance I travel daily to school.
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1-What were the results of the slavery footprint calculator exercise?
R:According to the calculator I have 32 slaves working for me.
2-What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
R:I think the activity mainly my habits regarded to the food
3-What were the main discoveries or reflections?
R:The huge amount of people working as "slaves"indirectly.
4-What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
R:Start looking for new ways to develop my daily activities with not as much intermediaries
5-What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
R: The social impact I am making by having this treat with people in a society where slavery is ablished is something to keep in mind, and how we are all in some way with people working for us.

Joel Hurtado A01705625

2023-03-05 19:52:55 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My result was 5.6 planets and my overshoot day is march 6th.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Shelter and food.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The main discovery is that I'm progressing; last time I did the test, 4 years ago, the result was something around 8 planets.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Use solar panels and continue my quest to reuse washing machine water and grow my compost.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption has social impact. We should be the change we'd like to see. Not the other way around.

Isabel García Aguilar A01783709

2023-03-07 04:30:38 UTC

1. What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

R: The results of my Ecological Footprint shows numerically my carbon and ecological footrprint in order to give a direct total of my Carbon Footprint (which in my case has a total of 50%).
First, from the pie chart it can be seen that my Carbon Footprint occupies the largest percentage of the total impact by land type. Following this, farmland is where my lifestyle carries the greatest weight, prior to forests. The land occupied for grazing, on the contrary, is the one that suffers the least impact as a consequence of my habits.

2. What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

R: In terms of consumption, food ranks first on the chart and the goods and services that I use day to day are next. Finally, there is my form of transportation and housing. As well, the tendency that I have in relation to the goods that I acquire is high, which indicates that my consumption in this area (which sometimes does not result in anything necessary to lead a full life) damages the Earth too much, in such a way, that doesn't allow it to regenerate as it should.

3. What were the main discoveries or reflections?

R: First of all, it establishes that we would need 5.9 planets to be able to survive if everyone lived based on a lifestyle like mine. Only by knowing that, it is impressive how much impact my everyday habits have on the planet without noticing. For example, food, in my case, is the consumption category with most impact, meaning that my diet is not sustainable at all.

4. What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
R: From these data, I can come to the conclusion that I lead an irresponsible lifestyle. Perhaps the habits that I consider part of my routine and that before did not have any importance in the way in which I thought they could impact the environment, are now my main responsibility to improve. First, you need to be aware that every action you take leads to a significant impact. My decisions, from food to the way I transport myself, are key to lowering that number that appeared on the screen when calculating my footprint. Likewise, meditating on the way I consume daily in each area of my life is essential. I need to change my habits related to the use of electricity in my house; reduce the waste that I generate, as well as the products that I purchase; replace certain foods in my diet with others; but above all, find out about ways to live sustainably in order to spread and inspire those around me to start doing it together. This is becasue the calculateor explains that a person's Ecological Footprint includes both their personal habits and those within a society, meaning that the focus is on changing from the personal to the social.

5. What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
R: The impact of our Ecological Footprint is not only environemntal related but socially and in a personal level too. For instance, this indicator is closely related to dehumanization because it is a sample of why we are losing our own humanity that identifies us. It is a proof of the bad attitudes we have been takening towards a planet that sustains us. The numbers are the reflection of a selfish truth that is a narrow consequence of our own ambition.

Diana Laura Osuna A01741206 / Ecological footprint calculator

2023-06-28 01:16:39 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My results were that I need 4.3 earths and my overshoot day is march 26

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobility and goods

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Something that I noticed was that my mobility is what increased my footprint, and that is something that I wouldn´t have thought about it

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Since I live near to the school and to the main places I need to go, I will be getting there by walking instead of using any kind of transportation

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think that they have an impact in the social part and what I´m promoting to continue producing

Jimena López Reyes A01637095

2023-06-28 23:42:17 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My results were that my overshoot day is March 13th and if everyone lived like me, we would need 5.1 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think it was mostly mobility and food.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

What surprised me the most is the amount of gas that’s used in a week.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Within my reach, I plan to eat less meat or animal product base foods.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Social impact, by supporting certain brands or products, consumers can contribute to job creation, fair labor practices, and sustainable livelihoods.

Ana Cristina Cantellano Villalobos A01657826

2023-06-29 19:34:10 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth overshoot day is 11 April and if everyone lived like me, we would need 3.6 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption activity that raised my footprint was shelter and mobility

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That it is time for a change, i felt really worried and embarrassed because I thought that the way I live was not bad or was leaving a big footprint, but it is. So I need to take small actions to reduce it, so I could help taking care of our amazing world.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

First is using more the public transport when I need to go to the university of make carpools with some of my friends so we don´t need to use different cars for only one or two people, instead going all together.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Social impact such as inequality because in the factories the workers don´t have the proper conditions to work and something their human rights are violated.

Fer Serrano Corona A01379307

2023-06-30 21:35:39 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is 08 April and if everyone lived like me, we would need 3.7 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Goods are the consumption category that raised my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

This test opened more my eyes when it comes to my carbon footprint. I produce 8.8 tonnes of CO2 per year.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Investigate about the type of goods I consume, as in where they come from, do they use sustainable fabrics and how many waste they produce.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Maybe social, most goods I consume aren't produced in an ethical nor sustainable ways. Most of them come from companies who exploit not only natural resources but human resources.

Johanna Wolbert

2023-08-17 23:12:21 UTC

A01762479

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone would live like me, 3.4 earths would be needed.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

For me, that was mainly shelter. My family lives in a really old house that is not well-isolated and needs a lot of heating during winter time.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I was mainly surprised by how my ecological footprint actually is. I did not expect that a total of more then 3 earths would be needed as I was convinced I mostly lived environmentally friendly.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I feel like I cannot really do anything against the high heating costs of the old house that we live in, however, when I finally move out completely I will make sure the house/ apartment that I will be renting is better isolated. Moreover, I can try to reduce the ways that I go with car and instead take the bus more often.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
Actually, it may also have negative social aspects on people in third world countries. When I consume products here, I sometimes may not be fully aware under what kind of conditions these have been produced. With buying these products I may support exploitative capitalistic structures.

Humberto Cisneros A01723264

2023-08-21 03:18:41 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is:

08. Apr

If everyone lived like me, we would need

3.7 Earths

I have 73 slaves working for me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My consumption of goods and in shelter were the highest consumptions in my ecological footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I realized that I consume a lot of animal-based products but almost nothing of what I eat comes from local or fresh sources. My number for this was very low. Also, I've never quite thought about how much more trash my house produces when compared to our neighbors which are mostly seniors.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I will try to reach out to friends to see if any of our routes coincide so that I can start making a more efficient use of my car by carpooling. Also, I plan on using less disposable materials to reduce the waste my household generates.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think that buying mostly processed food instead of fresh and local may impose a greater threat to my health because of the contents these foods have to keep them eatable.

Johanna Wolbert

2023-08-21 22:40:50 UTC

A01762479

Diego Arana Morales- A01747351

2023-08-22 01:18:33 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

That if everyone lived the same way as I do, we would need arround 5.2 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The food and the consumption I have.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I should start to eat more locally cultivated food, reduce the amount of processed food I consume, start to eat less animal origeneted food and reduce the amount of kilometers I travel in car.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Eat less processed food and try to travel in more ecological ways, even thought right now I have an hybrid car.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Maybe buying mostly processed food, is leading me to generate more waste than I should.

Julie Céline Faxel A01762513

2023-08-22 01:40:26 UTC

My personal Overshoot Day is May the 21st. If everyone lived like me, we would need 2,6 Earths. Moreover, I participate in the emission of 7.7 tons of CO2 per year.
The consumption habit that raised my footprint is about my mobility and the transports I use. Indeed, I often take the car and I took the plane few times last year.
I discovered that my way of life and of consuming has impacts on the planet.
I used to think it was only big companies and corporations that polluted, but I am now aware I am also part of the problem, especially regarding my transportation habits. Therefore, I am planning to take more public transportation (especially while traveling all over Mexico!). I also will be more careful about the clothes and food I buy.
I think that my consumption habits lead my friends and family to do the same. If I changed, maybe it would encourage them to change their habits too as they would see change is possible. Moreover, my consumption of meat (even though I do not consume it on a daily basis) encourages intensive agriculture and animal suffering.

Diego Arana Morales- A01747351/slavery indicator

2023-08-22 01:41:05 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

68 Slaves

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mostly the tech and the food.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I never had thought that by my consumption of goods and services I was participating on modern slavery

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Reduce the amount of tech I buy unnecessarily and reduce the amount of food I eat.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

The fact that Im helping or supporting companies that employ modern slavery as a way to reduce losses, makes me so sad.

Nathalia Garcia Martinez A01424117

2023-08-22 15:12:10 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My overshoot day is 18—March; if everyone lived like me, we would need 4.7 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My food consumption was the habit that incremented my footprint (2.8 gha).

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I can't believe that my food consumption alone increments my footprint. Honestly, I have always thought that I had a shallow impression and never considered that always eating meat would impact my results so much. It seems dumb in a way.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Food is one of my non-negotiables; I can't give up meat for my health. But cutting down on buying unnecessary goods is possible. I tend to buy something if it makes me feel good and not so much if I need it. Also, I plan to buy an electric car soon, which could also help.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I tend to muy stuff by pure emotion. In a way, it helps me cope with my problems sometimes. I always say that if I feel good, I'll be good. That mentality has led me to buy more health products without proper research, which ends with me not liking it and buying another.

Iida Koivisto, A01762466

2023-08-22 16:09:30 UTC

-We'd need 2,6 earths everyone lived like me, May 21st is my personal overshoot day
- living conditions
- I fly quite a lot
- use more public transportation, when possible use other means than flying
- especially my consumption of cheap clothes keeps the cycle of cheap labor going and therefore the workers keep suffering

Iida Koivisto, A01762466

2023-08-22 16:32:44 UTC

-92 slaves
-I think the tech and the sports contributed to the biggest raise
- i noticed I probably have too many clothes and that I'm big part of the problem, not just corporations
- buy more recycled clothes
- i contribute to the global modern slave market more than I thought

Lucie Vaudon A01762832

2023-08-22 17:28:23 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My results are not very good. Indeed, according to the simulator if all the world population lived like me we would need 3.7 Earths. And my personnal earth overshoot day is the 7 april. .

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

It is my housing that increases my ecological borrowing and more broadly my carbon borrowing is very important in my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I am really shocked by these results. Indeed, I have always considered myself an eco-responsible person and yet my lifestyle is not exemplary according to the simulator... In addition, this quiz allowed me to realize my impact on the hearth. Faced with this awareness I think drastically changing some of my daily activities. I can’t think of myself as an ecologist and consume so many land resources.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
First of all, I will ask Mexicans or owners to find places to buy vegetable proteins and address names of vegetarian restaurants. I would like to consume meat in France, which is maximum once a week.
In addition, I know that unfortunately I have not taken enough clothes in my suitcase, so I will have to go buy it but I forbid myself to go shopping in fast fashion stores, I will try to find it’s second hand stores.
At last, for two weeks I’ve been here, I’ve been taking the Uber to go to the TEC as I live 30 minutes on foot. Therefore, one of my commitments will be to go to school on foot and use the Uber only the day it is night when I leave class.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have ?

In the first place, I try for several years to consume less new clothes and fast fashion because indeed I know well that there are many people who work in miserable conditions: too many hours and underpaid. The consumption of this type of clothing plays a negative role on the environment but also human rights and created slavery.

Emilio Adrián Gutiérrez Terrones A01654071

2023-08-22 17:37:57 UTC

Ecological footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like I lived we would need 6.2 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Meat consumption

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I kind of imagined that my ecological footprint would be high, but not that much.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Reduce my meat consumption, that increased my footprint a lot. Most of the other factors are not in my control, such as the use of FF for everything.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Those consumption habits perpetuate unequal power relations between global south and global north, and they prevent those countries to develop because they absorb all the cost of our pollution and excessive consumption.

Slavery footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
I have 36 slaves working for me
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Electronics
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
Well, I think the most important part of the exercise was to quantify the amount of slaves that you personally have. I already was aware that most of our comfortable lifestyle depends on slave labor mostly of the global south but did not knew the exact number of individual slaves.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Most of the factors are outside my control, but I think the same advice of the ecological footprint applies here. Reduce consumption personally where I can, and mostly on electronics.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Slave labor and besides that, it perpetuates unequal power relationships between the global north and the global south, and south remains trapped and unable to develop because they absorb all the costs of our pollution.

Janos Martin Utecht, A01762087, Ecological footprint calculator

2023-08-22 20:47:34 UTC

EcWhat were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the footprint calculator I would need 3.2 planets to sustain my current lifestyle.
That means that my personal Earth Overshoot Day is at the end of April which is shockingly early.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Food in particular since i consume a lot of processed and not locally grown food.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I need to change my consumption habits in regard to eating and that my form of living is not really sustainable although i feel like that there aren't too many other option if I dont want to move into a Treehouse.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Cook more and eat more locally

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Water and ground degradation due to monocultural farming

Slavery footprint of Janos Utecht, A01762087

2023-08-22 22:15:53 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the calculator I have 52 slaves working for me or rather my consumption habits.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think mostly my belongings such as hygiene products, clothes or electronical devices.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I need to monitor my consumption behaviour to make sure that other people dont have to suffer for my well-being.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Monitor my consumption and buy more responsibly.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It definitely impacts the people producing my goods which is why I should be more careful when buying products since I wouldn't want to hurt a person personally and also wouldn't want to do that when I dont see them.

Omar López Jiménez (A01285224) - Ecological Footprint

2023-08-23 04:09:47 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the test, my personal Earth Overshoot Day is: 30. Apr, which means that by this date, we would have used as much from nature as Earth can renew in the entire year. In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day for humanity is August 22. As well, if everyone lived like me, we would need 3 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Food, since my Meat Consumption is high.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The main discoveries that arose from the test was that my Ecological Footprint is 5 global hectares (gha), which implies that I use more than what is available (1.7 gha). As well my Carbon Footprint (CO2 emissions in tonnes per year) makeup 6.6 tons per year and represents 46% of my total Ecological Footprint.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Support sustainability policies since 70-80% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050, smart urban planning and development strategies are crucial to managing our resources. Also the use of sustainable energy is crucial to downsize my carbon footprint, since renewable energy is a direct path to reducing your Ecological Footprint and addressing climate change.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits have an economical impact on the local economy, mainly in my food consumption, but also the services that my family uses in our shelter. Also our gasoline consumption has an economic impact at a local level, since we participate in the exchange of energy through money.

Omar López Jiménez (A01285224) - Slavery Footprint

2023-08-23 04:38:48 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the test I have 40 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My Food Consumption is high, so that is the most important habit that raises my footprint, as well the use of technological devices that I have is a little bit high, which influences the number of Slave Footprints.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That certain habits influence my footprint and those habits can be lowered if I start using other alternatives. I was surprised by the number and made me reflect about the difference in opportunities that lies within our society.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Monitor and equilibrate my food consumption as well as the use of electronic devices.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

As with my ecological footprint, my consumption habits have an economical impact on the local economy. The services and products that I use also has an economic impact at a local level, as well a my use of electronic devices.

Iracema del Carmen Martínez Ruíz (A00838962)

2023-08-23 04:48:42 UTC

Ecological Footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me, we would need 3.4 Earths.My personal Earth Overshoot day is April 18th.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that raised my footprint is my alimentation. Everyday I eat animal-based products and I rarely consume unprocessed or locally grown products.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I realised that my consuming habits, are unhealthy and not sustainable. I was shocked by the amount of Earths we will need and I hadn't thought about the consequences I could generate to the world.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I plan to reduce the amount of processed and animal-based products I eat. And use more often bicycles or take walks to avoid generating more pollution to the atmosphere.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It could also have an impact on my health and wellnes, not doing an apropiate exercise and always transporting by car could lead to sedentarism and back problems.

Iracema del Carmen Martínez Ruíz (A00838962)

2023-08-23 04:53:15 UTC

Slavery Footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 46 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think it was the amount of clothes that I have bought and the food I normally eat. In my diet I consume shrimp, meat and dairy products very often.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I discovered that I don't usually pay attention to the history of the things I buy and that could cause the modern slavery of many people. I realised that to make the products we buy everyday too many people are being exploitedat their jobs.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I plan to put in practice the solidarity consumption and reduce the amount of clothes and shoes I normally buy.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits can affect people on slavery situations and perpetuate their suffering and explotation. It can also have an impact on the way big compañies treat their employees in order to be more productive.

Cristina Mendoza A01198072

a011980721 — 2023-08-23 23:39:52 UTC

Ecological footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to te ecological footprint calculator, if everyone lived like me we would need 3.7 earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The hours I spent driving and using the car for transportation

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That consuming a big amount of animal-based products takes big part in contamintion

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Start using more public transportation and the offers the school has for students that live in nearby areas, reduce the amount of red meat I consume and start uying unpackaged products.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

They have big impact in capitalism, because most of the products I consume are produced by big enterprises that base their economy on cheap or free labor.

Slavery Footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

That I have 18 slaves working for me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The habit that raised my footprint was the food I consume

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That the number of clothes, electronics and your diet impacts on the consumption you have, it is not just resources, but how the resources are used, installed and implemented.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Change my alimentation habits and the type of food I consume, reduce the number of clothes I own, especially if they are not beingused often or at all.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It also impacts in the economy and social cosntructs our society and region is based on. Especially, it contributes to capitalism and sustains the firm bases of it. By consuming products that are based of cheap labor and slavery and exploitation.

Camila Hernaiz Cantú A01783799

2023-08-24 01:14:01 UTC

Ecological Footprint:
If everyone lived the way i live, the 30th. off march would be the earth overshoot day ans we would need 4.1 earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The food habit was the one which raised the most my footprint

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

A normal footprint is around 1.7 and mine is more that 4 times that which is a really eye opener to lower my footprint as fast as I can

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Consume less red products
Use reusable bottles
Lower my bath to 5 min maximum

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Eating a lot of red products, increases the farming industry
The more flights we take, the more that industry increases

Slavery Footprint:
I have 76 slaves working for me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Probably that I have more things than what I need, and making only one of those things takes a lot of people.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It is absurd that only one person has 76 other people working so she can have whatever she wants.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Only buy what I need
Donate and take electronics I dont use anymore to a designated area so they can be trashed in the best way

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

It impacts other peoples lives, the jobs that they work on and in cases the amount of danger they put themselves through.

Andrea Nacif Doria A01784572

2023-08-24 01:15:39 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the exercise, my ecological footprint is 8, if everybody lived the way I do we would need 4.7 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

For me the activity that increased my footprint immensely was all the traveling I do, mostly through planes.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

After this exercise I became really conscious of all the damage I’m doing to the environment. So I realized that if I want to change thing I need to start with myself.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

First and foremost, when traveling by car, always be aware of the things I need to have done throughout the day so I don’t go three times to the same destination. Also, carpooling to school would be a great option. Lastly, try flying less because it is one of the most polluting industries.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Economical, because I am wasting more gasoline that I probably need. Which take us to more controversial subjects such as bad payed labor, illegal extraction of petroleum.

Emiliana Piera A00827650

2023-08-24 01:27:10 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me we would need 7.6 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that raised my footprint is shelter

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I really need to have a more green lifestyle to lower my carbon footprint. Also I need to change what I eat to a more healthy and unprocessed consumption

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I would like to start to eat more unprocessed foods and also try to use less electricity consumption by taking shorter showers (I have electrical heating) and reducing the usage of the ac

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Socially, I think this affects the world population as everyone suffers the consequences

Jesko Neuendorf 01762203

2023-08-24 02:23:54 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me we would need 3,7 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that raised my footprint was defenitly mobility, more precise flying with a plane.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

My main dicovery is that flying is making my ecological footprint rise that much and that me taking back in other departments is not enough, because of the flights.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I am honestly just trying to not take the plane when it is not necessary, eventhough i never really did that. In the past, ive not been flying that much like this year, but it is also because of my exchange semester.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

They have a big impact on the people around me, so it is a social impact aswell. Also it will have a long-term impact on my health, and peoples health in gerneal

Naiki SHIMIZU

2023-08-24 16:08:57 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like you, we would need 4.8 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My bad reason is that mobility. My hobby is travel, so I usually ride airplane.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Airplane moving made lots of bad point for my score.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I cannot stop travel, so I will use long distance bus or train.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I usually use LCC career, they are working low cost. Because I give bad effect for airline company staff.

Benylde Amalia Arroyo De la Rosa - A01665153

2023-08-24 18:59:10 UTC

Ecological footprint calculator

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is April 28 and if everyone lived like me, we would need 3.1 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My goods raised my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I need to take in consideration that I don't use any kind of renewable energy in my house, that I can become vegan and still obtain protein from plant based products. Also a big concern is that my Carbon footprint is 9.8.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I need to look for options for transportation, I need to buy only the necessary things and the ones that are not necessary less often, I need to look after recycling and renewable energy.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think that it is a bad habit to be a consumerist because it affects the economy which can get a better use, like donating to charity. Also a lot of people from small companies like the clothing, food, jewelry, etc., are not being benefited which is sad and also it has a huge impact in the environment.

Slavery Footprint

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 43 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Goods have the biggest part of my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I have more than I need and a lot of times they are not essential things to have, also I didn't looked at a quiz which opened my eyes so much than this one, and I understood that I am part of capitalism in a small part, without even realizing.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I am planning to be a responsable consumerist and look after what is essential, avoiding buying what is not necessary, change the way I eat, for example plant-based proteins.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There is a big social and political impact since there's people being treated like slaves, I think many of us are slaves somehow, they are exploted and many powerful countries benefit from other less powerful countries, so I think reducing my footprint can benefit other people and myself.

Jorge Luis Muñoz Reyes - A00838647

2023-08-24 20:51:25 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like you, we would
need 0 Earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

It was food (I eat a lot of fast food)

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I don't agree with the results of my test
because I consider I'm on a privileged
position where I live very near the
university and other facilities so I can
go anywhere I need by just walking,
also, since I'm studying at a university
far from home it is obvious I can't
spend lot of resources. This are the
reasons I can't feel like proud or
anything about my result.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Not only for my footprint but also for
my health, I should learn some healthy
recipes so I don't eat so muc fast food

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Definitely my health

Ecological footprint, Julian van der Wijk | A01762122

2023-08-24 23:16:31 UTC

How many planets do we need if everybody lives like you?

3,4 Earths

When is your personal Overshoot Day?

16^th of April

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone would live like me we need 3,4 Earths and my personal Overshoot day is on April 16^th.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption which raised my footprint was Shelter. I live in a house which is not well isolated and which does not make use of renewable energy.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The main discovery I did during the ecological footprint calculator was how much worse the house were I live in is compared to my neighbors for example. We produce way more waste than I expected. Next to this is the Carbon Footprint really high, which was mainly due to the shelter.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

We should, as a house, buy groceries together to minimize food waste. Next to this, we should make sure to use the electriticy as less as possible, turn off air conditioning and lights when not at the house. Finally, the use of meat should be limited to a maximum of 2 times per week instead of almost every day.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There is for sure a social impact as well, people in third world countries have to work many hours for very little money for the products we eat or use daily.

Slavery footprint, Julian van der Wijk | A01762122

2023-08-24 23:32:49 UTC

How many slaves work for you?

There are 46 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint

I think the biggest part is the food I eat. I eat a lot of fruit and herbs which are not locally produced. Next to this I have too many electrical devices and clothes which are produced in countries where people do not or very little get paid for their work.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I should really check whether the products and food I consume are ethically produced and that people are getting paid for their job.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Check were the product is made and also buy more locally produced products. Next to this I should do some research on how you can conclude a product is made with fair rights. Furthermore, paying a bit more for a product can also help to downsize your footprint.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

There is definitely a social impact with this footprint. The products I buy which are cheap and easy to get, are made by people who get no or very little money. They have to work the whole day and do not benefit at all by the work they do.

Ecological footprint calculator | Denise López - A00838877

2023-08-25 04:20:41 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise? The results of the footprint calculator exercise showed an impact equivalent to 5 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint? Food consumption raised my footprint the most.

What were the main discoveries or reflections? I learned that most of the food available for purchase is either processed or packaged; which has a very negative environmental impact.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint? I intend to become more mindful of my eating habits. I will begin cooking meals that do not involve processed or packaged foods and opt for locally grown products.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have? I believe my consumption habits also affect my health, as packaged and processed foods are not as healthy as locally grown alternatives. Likewise, having poor eating habits increases my spending.

Slavery footprint calculator | Denise López - A00838877

2023-08-25 05:02:56 UTC

What were the results of the slavery calculator exercise? I have 33 slaves working for me.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint? I think the amount of clothing items I own increased my footprint the most.
What were the main discoveries or reflections? I discovered that I own stuff I don't actually use that often.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint? I think I could sell some of my stuff and also stop buying unnecessary items to reduce my footprint.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have? My consumption habits affect my finances and they also have a negative social impact because I buy clothes that are produced by people who are paid very little and have poor working conditions.

Ecological footprint| A00832632

2024-01-08 10:04:23 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
If everyone lived like me we would need 3 earths, and my carbon footprint is 53% of my ecological footprint that was 4.9 gha
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
The way I consume food
What were the main discoveries or reflections
I realied that as a college student, i eat way too much prepackaged foods
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Eat fresher or more locally sourced foods
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
When I buy food I don't eat, Im also wasting food someone else could have eaten, and since I don't have a composting system in my appartment, it goes to a land fill

Slavery footprint| A00832632

2024-01-08 10:32:28 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
I have 47 slaves working for me
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Clothing and electronics consuption
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I realized I buy more clothes that i thought
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Think more about what I actually need when shopping
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
When i buy from unethical brands, I am perpetuating modern slavery, even if it's cheap for me, someone else is paying the price

Ecological Footprint- Carolina Tendilla Ramírez A01800784

2024-01-12 21:07:45 UTC

· What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me we would need 4.6 earths, my carbon footprint is 44% and my ecological footprint is 7.5 gha.

· What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My meat consumption and my car consumption.

· What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Based on the fact that we would need more than 3 earths if everyone lived like me, I discovered that I do consume an excessive number of resources and should be more conscious of the things I use in my everyday life and try to reduce them.

· What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Start shopping vegetables locally, walk more to places nearby and reduce my meat consumption by eating alternative protein, like tofu and chickpeas.

· What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

They affect my finances because I spend way too much money on gasoline, foos when I go out and clothes.

Slavery Footprint- Carolina Tendilla Ramírez, A01800784

2024-01-12 21:49:57 UTC

· What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 20 slaves working for me.

· What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Definitely the fashion aspect, I have way too many clothes.

· What were the main discoveries or reflections?

That I consume a lot of unnecessary resources just because it´s trendy.

· What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I want to start shopping for clothes in thrift stores, second hand stores, and small businesses in order to stop supporting all the pro-slavery brands.

· What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Financial because I spend a lot of money in going out to eat with friends and buying clothes I don´t need that much.

Salvador Paez Guerra A01722273

2024-01-16 20:30:10 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
If everyone lived like me, we would need 3.5 earths.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Food, I believe specially the dairy and meat aspect
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I eat a lot of meat, my family lives in a relatively good housing space, I travel adequately but my services get a bit over the average
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
eat less meat and dairy
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
More carpool

Ecological footprint calculator Ana Sofía Félix - A00838555

2024-01-21 19:42:00 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
Ecological Footprint of 7.6 gha
Carbon Footprint of 10.9 C02 emission in tonnes per year
Carbon footprint 50% of my total Ecological footprint

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Food, I consume animal products or derivatives every day.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I noticed that I do not live a eco friendly lifestyle. And that there are thing I can change in order to reduce my carbon footprint.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Reduce my meat consumption. As well as animal by-products and animal derivatives.
Look for more eco friendly means of transportation.
Update appliances, lightbulbs, etc. Or change habits in order to reduce the electricity usage at home.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
Buying fast fashion only increases the revenue of large corporations and leaves the manufacturing workers in the bad working environment they are at.
Using a car to move everywhere adds to the cities congestion, traffic and CO2 emissions.

Slavery Footprint - Ana Sofía Félix A00838555

2024-01-21 20:10:09 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
I have 36 slaves working for me.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Clothes and electronics. I probably have more clothes that i need and the same goes for electronics. Both are industries highly involved with slavery.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
That i need to do further research in brands before I buy things. I was not aware that many of the things I use or consume daily are related to slavery.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
Look into second hand stores, to give thing a new life and with it decrease waste and avoid supporting this industries.
Stop buying things i don't need.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
I am supporting industries that slave millions of people.
I am participating in capitalism and by that i am continuing the cycle of abuse.

A01763275 Tobias Kühnhanss

2024-02-26 13:42:19 UTC

Ecological Footprint

· What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

14. May is my personal Earth Overshoot Day and if everyone lived like me, we would need 2.7 Earths.

· What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Transportation, I am an exchange student who had to fly from Europe to Mexico, which enhances the transportation and CO2 output.

· What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Eating habits have a high influence on the resources we need. Meat is a huge factor and reducing the consumption of meat, would decrease the footprint.

· What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Eat less meat and animal products. Travel less and more with other people.

· What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

When we think about consumption, we also can relate to personal and emotional health. One should find happiness in the simplicity of living. And not in property or travelling. I think that the consumption of so many resources can negatively affect one's health.

Soraida Jacqueline Rodriguez Leal - A00839139

2024-02-26 16:48:49 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is 30 of March and if everyone lived like me we would need 4 Earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Food, I eat a lot of dairy and poultry, almost daily.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Despite my ecological ways of living (my house runs on solar panels), my eating habits have a larger impact on my ecological footprint, outweighing the good.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I will try to reduce my intake of dairy, poultry and my consumption of goods.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits are taking a toll on my finances and my health since I tend to eat out and it's usually not "healthy" food. My consumption habits might also be contributing to unethical business practices such as "cheap" labor. This is in relation to the clothes I buy, but I try to remedy this by steering away from fast fashion brands.

Andrés Martínez Medina - A01285694

2024-02-26 19:18:27 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My overshoot day is in march 3 and if everyone lived like me we would need 5.7 planets. / I have 46 slaves working for me.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
I think one of the most important factors that raised my footprint goes along my diet, which includes a lot of meat and protein. / I think that my living conditions since I own a car and my house has multiple bedrooms.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
It was shocking for me to know that, what I think is a normal life, is not and it is full of stuff that I can try to reduce in order to preserve the environment. / I got to know the importance of taking care of our consuming habits in order to not only protect the environment but humanity as well.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
I am planning to reduce the meat consumption. This is something difficult for me because my nutritionist always talks me about the importance of consuming meat protein for me to get bigger.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
Consuming goods that are not local trend to have an abuse of workers related. / Buying products from famous international brands that tend to be cataloged as "fast fashion" is really affecting the productions life quality.

Manon Vanneau - A01763396

2024-02-27 22:14:01 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My overshoot day is in May 11 and if everyone lived like me we would need 2.7 Earths. I have 45 slaves working for me.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
As I'm an exchange student, I came here by plane, so transport is the consumption that raised the most my footprint. Also I like travel, but I tried to use collectives transports and bike to reduce my footprints.
What were the main discoveries or reflections?
My main discoverie is that we have to leave closer to the nature and eat less transform aliments and meat to more taking care about the environment.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
I'm planning to buy more second hands clothes and choose public transports instead of car when I travel. I also want to reduce my meat consumption and tried other types of protein.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
I think meat is expensive, so I think my alimentation have a financial impact on me.

Cosette Lahud - A00572730

2024-02-28 14:43:10 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My overshoot day is in April 25th and if everyone lived like me, we would need 3.1 Earths.
What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Transportation was the habit that most raised my footprint, followed by food. I attribute these raises to my current diet and travels back and forth from home to school every day.
What were the main discoverites or reflections?
Despite my current sustainable ways of living (my house has solar panels, we reduce the electricity consumption and separate our trash), my transportation habits have an enormous impact on my footprint.
What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
I'm planning to reduce my use of a car by using the school's transportation systems more often and carpooling with people who might live near me or that might need it at the same times I do.
What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
Financial because I spend more money on fuel than expected. Additionally, my habits might have a social impact because of the consumption of products that might come from slave labour.

Ecological Footprint - Victor Arzola A01027740

2024-02-28 22:31:55 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My overshoot day is March 02 and if everyone lived like me we would need 5.9 Earths. I have 37 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit or activity that raised my footprint is the emission of Carbon dioxide pear year. Mobility is the main reason of this increase, my consumptions in goods are low, and I don’t contaminate that much to satisfy my basic needs. Nevertheless, I have a car of my own. I use this method for transportation. Also, I travel a lot of miles per year.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I got shocked about my results because I use to have an idea of how much my footprint could be, but never imagined this big. My main concern is about mobility. Where I live, transportation is a huge problem since there are not many options you can take to move around the city. Even though we do have public infrastructure, using this means of transportation is not so safe at all. Also, traffic jams in the city are crazy, to travel 10miles in a normal day you can take around 30min to 1 hour and a half to reach your destination.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I’m thinking about trying to use less the car for short distances. Share my knowledge and concerns with my close ones and manifesting the government for smart urban planning and development strategies, since there are not many politics around sustainability in my country. Also, an electric car might do well.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Other impacts besides environmental are noise pollution, water pollution, visual pollution, and heat pollution.

Slavery Footprint - Victor Arzola A01027740

2024-02-29 19:29:41 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 37 slaves working for me

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that raised my footprint was all the clothes I own.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

Is hard to believe that I have so many slaves working for me, I know is an approximation, but the standards are biased on how much do Americans consume. Anyway, I didn’t know I had that many clothes in my closet until I count them.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I will begin by decreasing the amount of clothes I purchase, only buying the necessary ones.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Fast fashion is a huge problem since trends happen to be so fast an in one month your kind of dressing is outdated. This creates a huge waste and a direct affectation to the environment. The production of clothes and its shipping is highly contaminant.

Lola Girardin - A01762864

2024-03-01 05:22:06 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

According to the footprint calculator exercise, if everyone was living like I am, we would need 1.9 planets to survive a year.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that raised my footprint is definitely transportation, since I took the plane to arrive in Mexico and even if I want to reduce its use, it was only one of the many times I have taken it in my life. In addition, for my studies in France, I was used to going back home every month, and even if it was by train, it still had a significant impact on my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I was kind of surprised by the ecological footprint I had because of trains, since I considered it as the less problematic mean of transportation regarding CO2 emissions and it still represent a big part of my footprint. Moreover, even if it is definitely not as consequent as transportation, food is third highest productor of CO2 (after State’s services). Thus, it makes me think of the impact that I still have by eating eggs and dairies, and if it would be possible de reduce their consumption in addition to being a vegetarian.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I am planning on reducing my ecological footprint by drastically reducing taking the plane to travel. I don’t want to take it anymore when it comes to travelling inside Europe, and it would be more sustainable only to travel a few times in my life, through longer trips, to other continents, instead of smaller trips more often.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits have obviously other impacts, such as social and ethnical. Indeed, consumption is clearly linked to questions of work conditions, equality between populations, animal treatment and plenty of other thematic that must be taken into consideration in the analysis of our habits.

Ecological Foot Print - Julio Enriquez A01246642

2024-06-28 02:38:14 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My Overshoot Day is in April 26 and anyone that lives like will need 3.1 Earths to live.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The consumption habit that affected the most my footprint was food consumption and transportation.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The think that most impact me was that transportation was one of the main causes that raised my footprint, since I travel very short distances weekly (between 10 and 15km) so I thought it will be lower, but now I realized the great effect that short distances like that ones can have on the environment. Also, another reflection will be that I need to start being more conscious about how much meat I eat since I didn’t realize the impact that meat and its production had on the environment and principally climate change.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

One action that I can take will definitely be to start looking for a different type of diet that include less processed foods and more locally produce products in order to lower my footprint, also regarding to transportation I will try to convince friends to do carpooling in other to reduce our footprints.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think other impact it could have would be financially, considering the costs of gas and processed such as meat, eggs, or milk. But also, socially because it represents and indirect contribution to bad or unhuman conditions to workers from other parts that are a piece in this chain of consumption.

Slavery Footprint - Julio Enriquez Barraza A01246642

2024-06-28 03:12:20 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 77 slaves.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think the one that raised more my footprint was technology appliances and food consumption.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

It was a shocking reflection to realized that I consume many things that can be related to modern day slavery. Mostly in technology appliances since I’m a bit of geek in those terms, and most of it comes from huge companies so I guess that realization was the shocking to me.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

Try buy in local or ethical places, like local stores or companies that are certified that they are not involved in modern day slavery in any mean.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think the biggest impact is socially because all the millions of people that are still affected nowadays by slavery.

Gina Hause // A01763623 // Ecological footprint calculator

2024-08-19 18:45:32 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is on April 28 and if everyone lived like me we would need 3.1 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobility was the category that raised my footprint a lot. When in Germany, I usually always go by bike, walk, or use the tram in the city where I live in. But I also commute to another city by train once a week which is quite far and use a car every second weekend or so to visit my parents.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I had to think about how my mode of transportation changed since staying in CDMX. My favorite way to go around town usually is by bike or by foot. I enjoy the movement, being outside, and know it’s best for our climate. But here distances are much further and it’s probably safer to use some kind of vehicle, especially during the night. Now, I uber a lot with some of my flatmates and also use public transport. But using an Uber/taxi when one wants to avoid the masses in the metro is a privilege not everyone has as it’s more expensive than going by public transport. So that’s also one of my reflections, that living in a capitalist system our mobility ofc depends on our economic situation, but I think it shouldn’t, or at least to a lesser amount.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I would like to use public transport more often here in CDMX. Besides, I want to eat more vegan again and buy less packaged products like I used to do.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I believe that by how we consume we can set examples for others. Me for instance, I was inspired to go vegetarian and then vegan for a certain period, by a friend of mine who also did it. So, we can have a positive influence on one another and share tips and tricks. Besides this social consequence, our consumption surely affects our health, mental as well as physical. Also, our social media consumption and use of the internet have an ecological imprint and affect our wellbeing.

Unfortunately, the slavery calculator didn't work for me :/ it never accepted my postal code, although I tried various.

Rut Huss - A01763603

2024-08-20 17:55:29 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal Earth Overshoot Day is on the 10th of May and if everyone lived like me, we would need 2.8 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Mobility was the habit of mine that had the most impact on my ecological footprint. Back home in Sweden our car is electric and I use a lot of public transportation. But unfortunately I fly both domestic and within Europe a lot, and that is probably whats affecting my footprint the most.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

My second highest consumption was the food one, and that made me think about what I eat. I eat meat (chicken, fish, pork or beef) in almost every meal and animal products as well. I do not think I realized until know how much of a difference a vegetarian diet can make.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

When it comes to transportation, I already prioritize using the bus or metro for school and work, which helps us reduce the energy consumed by our electric car. Sometimes I tend to travel domestic by flight due to the prices being way lower than traveling by train. But paying a little extra in order to travel with less of an ecological impact would be worth it.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

My consumption habits, even with efforts to be eco-friendly, still have negative impacts. For instance, buying new clothes monthly contributes to fast fashion, which often involves exploitative labor practices. Even organic products can have a high carbon footprint if not locally sourced. Additionally, maintaining an electric car and a large home requires significant resources, potentially straining global supplies and contributing to inequality.

Gina Hause // A01763623 // How many slaves work for you?

2024-08-20 20:20:13 UTC

-results of the exercise: 95 slaves

-there was no indication which activity or consumption habit raised the number

-main discoveries/reflections + plans to downsize the number: Uff, I didn't think the number would be that high. I'd have really liked to know which consumption habit(s) are responsible for knowing better what to change in the future. But, in general, I'd like to look more into the supply chains or ethics of the brand I buy from and keep buying second-hand as much as I can.

-impacts of my consumption habits: I think in this case it's quite clear that I'm partly contributing to an exploitative, inhumane system that benefits the rich and deprives the poor. As I already said, by consuming more consciously we can inspire others to do the same and maybe even boycott certain brands/corporations.

Neil Longair A01764026

2024-08-21 00:48:40 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

If everyone lived like me, we would need 5.5 Earths

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

The biggest factor in my footprint is my food consumption, particularly my reliance on meat as a primary protein source. I enjoy sports and have tailored my diet around convenient, high-protein options, with meat being a central part of that.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

The exercise made me realize how unsustainable my food consumption habits are. I’ve always heard that agriculture has a significant impact on climate change, but it didn’t fully register until I saw how much my personal choices contribute to it. My diet, particularly centered around meat, has a bigger environmental impact than I expected. This has been a real wake-up call, showing me that even individual habits can significantly affect the planet.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I need to change my habits, particularly in terms of food. While the rest of my footprint isn’t too bad, my food choices, especially meat consumption, need to shift. I plan to explore other protein sources and reduce the amount of meat I eat overall.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

Beyond environmental damage, my consumption habits also contribute to a larger capitalist system that prioritizes profits and cost-cutting at the expense of the climate. The agricultural industry, especially the meat sector, is a key part of this system and plays a significant role in driving climate change. It has also grown into a powerful lobbying force, pushing its interests and influencing policies. By consuming large amounts of meat, I’m indirectly supporting both this harmful capitalist system and the political power these industries wield, which is something I need to reconsider.

Lena Donkers | A01764197 | Slavery Footprint

2024-08-21 01:02:07 UTC

Consumption Activity that raised my footprint

There are 81 slaves working for me. There was no indication on which habits raised the number.

Main Discoveries + Plans to Downsize Footprint

I found the number very high and feel in a sense a bit helpless about it, as it is basically impossible to avoid consuming unfairly produced products completely. However, I was not surprised by the number. I think that one action that I can do is to buy more ethically produced products when it comes to food items. However, this might be challenging as unfortunately those items are priced a lot higher.

Other Impacts
Next to the negative environmental impacts that my consumption habits have, they contribute to an exploitative, capitalist system based on overconsumption which is designed to benefit only one part of society.

Lena Donkers | A01764197 | Ecological Footprint

2024-08-21 01:02:50 UTC

Results

My personal earth overshoot day is on the 21th of May and if everyone lived like me, we would need 2.6 Earths.

Consumption Activity that raised my footprint

The habit that raised my footprint was flying.

Main Discoveries + Plans to Downsize Footprint

I answered the questions based on my daily life back at home and noticed again how much of an impact my mobility habits (cycling in the city or public transport for leaving the city) and diet (vegetarian) have on my footprint. Also, realised how much the infrastructure and societal norms influence habits. In the Netherlands, cycling in any weather is the norm and very easy, while the same might not be as easily possible in other countries. I also noticed again how much flights impact my ecological footprint. As I love traveling, this number is quite high, but after now spending time abroad I plan to travel closer to home in the future.

Other Impacts
My habits have both positive and negative impacts. By eating vegetarian and cycling a lot for example I positively influence my own health and the health of others, as my habits have low pollution. However, other habits such as flying frequently have negative impacts on the environment and can also contribute to over-tourism, which strains local resources and can negatively impact local communities.

Najely Mata-Salazar// A01764153// Ecological Footprint

2024-08-24 03:42:48 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal overshoot day is on the 28th of march and we would need 4.1 earths if everyone lived like me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

Food consumption overwhelmingly raised my footprint since I eat animal based products almost every day.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I based my answers on the time I've spent here in Monterrey. In the U.S., it’s impossible to move around without a vehicle (at least where I'm from) so I would drive for almost two hours everyday in total. Since I don’t have my vehicle with me, I’ve started walking a lot more to wherever I want to go. I figured this dropped down my carbon footprint by a landslide. I’ve also neglected my eating choices and opted to eat what was easiest to acquire, which is usually some type of dairy or meat product.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I could begin with cooking more personalized meals at home that don’t include animal products, as well as buying less packaged food products. I figured I could also take more public transportation as I tend to opt for uber if my destination is too far to walk.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

These consumption habits are taking a toll on my health and finances. Eating out and buying packaged products has been very expensive for me and it is also not a healthy option. I find myself spending more time at the gym to make up for this, when that doesn’t have to be the case if I just ate a healthier diet.

Capucine Diverchy // A01764988 // Ecological Footprint

2025-02-25 20:38:12 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My Personal overshoot day is on February 10th, and if everyone lived like me, we would need 8.8 earths.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

My footprint is very high because my carbon footprint is very elevated. I think this is due to the fact that I often travel by plane on vacations. Taking long flights frequently has significantly increased my footprint.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I didn't expect my transportation habits to raise my carbon footprint so much… I knew that flying often was bad for the planet, but I didn’t realize it was this impactful.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

It’s going to be difficult to significantly reduce my footprint because traveling is my passion. But I will try to cut back as much as possible and take the train more often if the trip allows it… I know that this year with Erasmus, I’ll be flying a lot, but I plan to fly much less in the coming years… I will also try to eat more locally sourced products that are not imported.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

I think I consume a lot of fast fashion, which contributes to making adults and children work in poor conditions... So I would like to shift more toward second-hand clothing.

Capucine Diverchy // A01764988 // “How many slaves work for you?

2025-02-25 21:40:22 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have 18 slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think this number is also high because I was brought up in a country that consumes a lot, France. I've always consumed a lot in my daily life (food, skincare products, clothes...).

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I was thinking of consuming moderately, buying only what I need... But when I look at the number of slaves working for me, it's a shock!

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I would like to consume less exported products, buy more second-hand, recycle more ... and simply consume less and buy more rarely.

Zoe Hindley // A01764306 // Ecological Footprint

2025-02-26 21:30:21 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

My personal overshoot day is the 30th April, and we would need three planets if everyone lived in the same way that I do.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I think that the activity which raised my footprint the most was air travel. Since studying abroad, the amount of flights I am taking has dramatically increased as normally I do not tend to take long haul flights.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I have realised the importance of my vegetarian diet in reducing my carbon footprint. However, I also realise that I have been using this to justify other harmful actions such as flying. The size of my carbon footprint has led me to realise the importance of consistency across different areas of my life, not just in one area.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

In order to downsize my carbon footprint, I am planning in exploring different ways of travelling in Mexico without flying. This will also be a priority, and somewhat easier, once I return to my home country. I am also considering moving closer towards a vegan diet in day to day life.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have

I think that there are also definitely ethical considerations to take when looking at my consumption habits. For example, when I am consuming dairy products there are implications for animal welfare.

Jeanne Eugénie Imalini Porteret A01763939

2025-02-27 19:25:29 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?
My Earth Overshoot Day falls on May 8, and if everyone lived like I do, we'd need 3.5 planets to sustain us.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?
Transport greatly increases my footprint: in France, I take the train to see my family and get around, and my relatives use the car to take me somewhere. Here in CDMX, I walk, but the city is huge, so I sometimes take public transport or Ubers.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?
I never thought that as a student I would have such a big impact on the planet. It makes me want to change my habits to reduce this destruction as much as possible. Even though I used to walk a lot in France, it's more difficult here, but I don't want to depend on the Ubers for financial and ecological reasons.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?
I plan to use the metro more in CDMX, adopt more vegetarian habits and reduce my meat consumption and be even more aware of what I consume so that I'm also able to find alternatives.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?
My consumption choices influence the human lives exploited or affected by this system. Intensive livestock farming and animal suffering are also factors that motivate me to be more demanding about what I consume, in the hope that more ethical alternatives will become more accessible.

Zoe Hindley, A01764306, Slavery Calculator

2025-02-27 20:33:18 UTC

What were the results of the footprint calculator exercise?

I have five slaves working for me.

What was the consumption habit or activity that raised your footprint?

I am not entirely sure which was the activity which raised my slavery footprint, however I think electronics played a big part.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I did not realise how much technology contributed to the modern day slave trade.

What are you planning to do to downsize your footprint?

I will aim to not buy new electronics unless it is completely necessary. I will also continue to reduce the amount of clothes that I buy. In general, I think reducing consumption in all areas is important as it is difficult to consume the amount that many of us do in an ethical way.

Dino Kamer A01763642

2025-02-28 00:59:18 UTC

What were the results of the slave exercise?

I have 2 slaves working for me

What was the reason for this result?

Not sure which information led to this result. The number is rather low, probably because I try to reduce my consumption on all aspects, I do not consume any meat or fish and do not own any jewellery.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I was not aware how much impact electronic goods have on slavery

What are you planning to do to downsize your number?

I will try to continue to consume less and also own less in order to reduce the numbers of slaves working for me.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

As can be seen in the results of the slave calculator, my personal consumption choices can directly impact the lives of others, mainly vulnerable communities.

Lisbeth Laine, A01764678, Slave Calculator

2025-03-05 00:07:22 UTC

What were the results of the slave exercise?

According to the calculator I would have 7 slaves working for me.

What was the reason for this result?

I'm assuming that the amount of clothes I own was the biggest reason for this result, as well as cosmetic and makeup products.

What were the main discoveries or reflections?

I found this calculator useful in reminding me that even though it is easy to imagine so, things don't just appear to the shelves of shops for us to consume. Every single product made has impacted a person and most likely a bigger community as well. Due to excess supply it is extremely easy to consume products that are absolutely not necessary. I do notice over-consumption in my own life too, even though I try to be conscious about the things I buy.

What are you planning to do to downsize your number?

I need to be more conscious about my spending, especially when it comes to clothes.

What other impacts besides environmental do you think your consumption habits have?

As was pointed out in the calculator, our consumption habits also affect workers making the products; sometimes entire communities can be ruined due to Western consumption habits.