What is your ecological footprint?

[Kitsune06]

My appt is 690 sq feet and it actually seems really big for me. I feel like I rattle around in it... then again my first 'place' was 20x10, a shop made for drying flowers, refurnished (by me) to be a small studio. It had about everything I needed, 'cept a bathroom, but that was shared. I actually really liked the place.

[lph]

My appt is 690 sq feet and it actually seems really big for me. I feel like I rattle around in it... then again my first 'place' was 20x10

We (2 adults and one child) live in a 2 story apartment ("chained" house?) about 70 sq metres, which I guess is about 750 sq feet. It's plenty large enough for us. We could always USE more space, but we don't NEED it. Sure my bike would like to spend the night indoors, but she gets to perch in the hall if it's really cold

We're moving now, up the hill to get a better view and more sun - to an identical apartment. Everyone thinks we're out of our mind for not "upgrading"...

We're planning on exchanging bedrooms, so that our soon 10 yr-old will get a bedroom with room for a sofa. It means that my bf and I will be crammed into an itsy-bitsy tiny bedroom with juuuust room enough to squeeze past our (king-size, I insist) bed... Ok, so we are slightly nuts...

My point being - it's not that hard to take a little less space, but it takes a little motivation. I would have more trouble not using a car for vacations and weekend trips, not going on plane trips, and not buying the vegetables I want even though they come from the other side of the globe.

[Blueberry]

Peoples perceptions of the size house you "need" are mind boggling. My co-workers keep telling me that I'm out of my mind if I consider any house with less than 1400 square feet. We currently live in a 950 sq ft condo...there's only two adults in our household what on earth would we do with 1400 sq ft??

We've been trying to buy a smaller place (mostly because there would be less to clean). Long story (and bad seller's agent), but we didn't get the one we wanted. Smaller houses in nice neighborhoods around here are hard to find. The one we wanted was 1250 square feet. The folks at work thought I was certifiable.....

Disease affluenza indeed - I can relate

[emily_in_nc]

I wonder why the quiz doesn't give credit for not having any children? Without children, we generate less trash, use less energy, and consume less food and all sorts of goods. I can't take credit for making a decision not to have children for ecological reasons -- we were infertile. It's just a bit surprising that that fact doesn't lower our "footprint".

Emily