How much do you contribute to environmental pollution? Take the test...

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What's Your Eco-footprint Your eco-footprint is a measure of how many resources you use and tells you whether you tread heavily or lightly upon the planet. Take the lifestyle test to find out what your eco-footprint is... 1) Do you use a car? (If you usually share it with others, halve the points.) Never - 0 points Once a week - 2 points Two to five times a week - 4 points Six or more times a week - 6 points 2) Do you eat beef? Never - 0 points Once a week or less - 3 points Two or three times a week - 5 points More than three times a week - 7 points 3) Do you eat other meat and/ or fish? Never - 0 points Once a week or less - 2 points Two or four times a week - 4 points Five or more times a week - 6 points 4) How many serves of dairy food do you eat? (A serve is one cup of milk or equivalent quantity of cheese, yoghurt, etc.) Never - 0 points Three serves a week or less - 2 points Four to eight serves a week - 4 points Nine or more serves a week - 6 points 5) How many pieces of new clothing do you buy each year? None - 0 points 1 to 12 (up to one a month) - 3 points 13 to 26 (up to one a fortnight) - 6 points 27 to 52 (up to one a week) - 9 points More than 52 - 12 points 6) How many whitegoods are in your home? (ie. fridges, freezers, dishwashers, dryers, washing machines) Include whitegoods in your holiday home or second residence, if you have one. If you share your house with other people divide the points by the number of people. None - 0 points One - 2 points Two to three - 4 points More than four - 6 points 7) How many rooms in your home? Add on the number of rooms in your holiday home or second residence, if you own one (if you share your house with other people divide the points by the number of people). One - 0 points Two - 2 points Three to five - 4 points Six or more - 8 points 8) What sort of bathroom fittings are in your home? Dual flush toilets and water efficient shower heads - 0 points Dual flush toilets only - 1 point Water efficient shower heads only - 1 point Neither - 2 points 9) What sort of garden do you have? No garden or one entirely watered by rainwater tank, greywater or rainfall - 0 points Small garden watered by mains water supply - 1 point Medium garden or water efficient garden - 2 points Large garden and/ or lots of lawn - 3 points 10) How many rooms in your house do you heat on cold days? No rooms - 0 points One or two rooms - 1 point Three or four rooms - 2 points More than 4 rooms - 3 points 11) How many rooms in your house do you cool on hot days using air conditioning? No rooms - 0 points One room - 1 point Two rooms - 2 points Three or more rooms - 3 points 12) How much overseas travel have you made in the past year? None - 0 points Less than one week - 1 point One to two weeks - 2 points More than two weeks - 3 points 13) How much domestic travel have you made in the past year? None - 0 points Less than two weeks - 1 point Two weeks to one month - 2 points More than a month - 3 points 14) Do your home energy needs come mainly from Green Power from an electricity retailer or your own renewable energy source? Yes - Minus 5 points No - 0 points YOUR SCORE Less than 5 points - a little hard to believe, but if it's true you're an environmental saint. Tell others about how you've managed to become so sustainable!6 to 15 points - you're an inspiration to all of us! Keep up the good work, and challenge your friends and neighbors to match your efforts. 16 to 25 points - you're not doing too badly but could do better. See if there are a few simple actions on the list you can carry out today. 26 to 45 points - you've made a start, but to you've still got some work to do to really make some gains in reducing your greenhouse emissions, water consumption and waste. More than 45 points - your lifestyle needs serious examination! There are lots of changes you could and should make.