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Problem
Go to the Ecological Footprint Calculator. Provide the information requested to calculate your ecological footprint on all required pages. Post your "Results Part 2" to this discussion:
A. What is your ecological footprint (global hectares or gha)?
B. Your carbon footprint (in tons of CO2 per year)?
C. What are 3 specific things you do that contribute to your footprint, and how do they contribute?
Referring to the "Explore Your Data" tab:
A. How does your footprint compare to the average person in the US? The world?
Based on your readings in Chapter 1 of your text, answer the following questions:
A. How much CO2 did you produce?
B. How do your CO2 production and ecological footprint compare to the 17 Sustainable Goals (SDG's) proposed by the United Nations in 2016?
C. What are 3 specific ways that you could improve your ecological footprint and be more sustainable? How would each specifically improve your footprint?
D. Finally, find a peer-reviewed article that describes one factor that contributes to excess CO2 and describe that factor in detail. Provide the article citation. For additional guidance on what it means for an article to be peer reviewed, utilize this library resource.