footprint

I'm trying to do my bit for the environment and get my ecological footprint down. I'm not doing too badly by Australian standards. Tried a few of those ecological footprint calculators.

This one;

or this one;

or this one.

Generally I'm getting a score of about 2.4 or 2.5. Better than the Australian average which is between 5 and 7. But it still means if everyone on the planet used as much as me, we'd need 2.4 planets to survive.

Next big challenge for me is to reduce my red meat consumption, as it's a huge user of water and generator of greenhouse gases.

But how are you all going with your footprints ??

What really worries me is the rampant, swaggering, aggressive, conspicuous consumerism I see around me - ridiculously huge homes, flash cars with stupid accessories, endless gadgets, flash clothes, bling. There was a time when such ostentation was frowned upon as plain bad taste. I still think it is.

I really feel like a fish out of water sometimes.