Reference no: EM132694303

"A person's Ecological Footprint includes both personal and societal impacts. The Footprint associated with food, mobility, and goods is easier for you to directly influence through lifestyle choices. However, a person's Footprint also includes societal impacts or "services," such as government assistance, roads and infrastructure, public services, and the country's military. All citizens are allocated their share of these societal impacts. This is why, if we want to achieve sustainability, we need to focus on both our own lifestyle as well as influencing our governments."

It is important to reflect our role in the systems that we inhabit, including how those systems limit our choices and how we can create broader impacts within those systems.

Question a. Explain how your footprint is impacted by systems and factors outside of the direct control of your decision-making.

Question b. Consider social impacts and influences. Address how your social connections may impact your lifestyle choices. How have you been influenced by the people and social norms in your life? Do you feel knowledgeable and empowered to make sustainable change?

Question c. Consider your sphere of influence. How do you influence the people and systems in your life? Provide some concrete examples of how you can impact specific people or systems around you.