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My ecological footprint:

Beginning
of unit (per
person)
Strategies for reduction
Acres/hectar
es
6.3 global
hectares

Planets 3.5
Breakdown:
Food 31% - I will reduce food wastage by
minimising groceries by
buying food that is needed.
- My grandma allowed me to
use her garden for fresh
produce as she has various
fruits and vegetables that she
rarely uses
- I will reduce meat produce
that we use and replace with
vegetables and fresh
produce.
- Create a meal planner
- Create a list of what needs to
be used by a certain date
- Use left overs

Potential challenges that
may occur:
- May buy more food as my
brothers live out of home and
they come home for dinner
occasionally.
- Growing fruit and vegetables
are seasonal, so right now in
the present moment some of
the fruit and vegetable may
not be in season to grow
- My family have different
needs as my mum and dad
eat a lot of meat and it will
take a lot of convincing to
reduce this.



Shelter 30% - Reducing water
- Reducing electricity and gas
(more information further
below)

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Possible challenges that
may occur:
- Seasonal challenges for
example living in a fire prone
area we have the air
conditioner on.



Mobility 9% - Carpool with people from
University
- Catch the train
- Walk to places
Potential challenges that
may occur:
-Having different timetables
-Having to be at university
late at night, therefore having
to drive due to safety issues.
-Living at least 7km from the
town area can be difficult to
walk as I have an injury.
-Time management can also
be an issue when travelling

Goods 14% -Reduce buying items that I dont
need.
Potential challenges that may
occur:
-Appliances may break
-My shopping addiction


Services 16% -Reduce air travel by taking local
holidays.





Waste production

Types of waste Beginning
of unit
(per
person)
Strategies for reduction End of unit
Paper 15L -Printing on both sides of paper for
assignments

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-Completing this assignment online
- Use Ipad to jot down notes
Plastic 11.67L -Use own reusable bag when
shopping, deny plastic bags from
shops
- Use reusable things rather than
plastic eg drink bottles, coffee cups.
-Opt for food products that have
limited packaging eg fruit produce.

Metal 3.3L
Organic (food) 20L -Shop wise and calculate how much
food I will actually need rather than
wasting it.
-Use the freezer to store items for
longer
-My grandma has various vegetable
and fruit trees and with her consent
she has allowed me to use her
produce to cut down on food.
-Grow a lemon tree and herbs



Other 3.3L


Water

Where
used
Beginning
of unit
(per
person)
Strategies for reduction End of unit
Total
household
184 per
person

Bathroom
108.3L
Normally I have very long showers and
wait for the water to heat up before I get
in. I also turn the shower on and leave it
until I organise myself, leaving the
shower running for 3 minutes which
wastes 27L
-Shorter showers
-5 minute shower max
-2 minutes for dad

Reduce minutes spent in shower
Turn on the shower when ready to go in
instead of waiting for it to warm up


Toilet 23.3L -Use half flushes when need be
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Kitchen 33.3L -Only use dishwasher when full
Garden - We use our water tank to water our
garden.

Laundry 15 L In the current situation, we try our best
to save water when possible, for
example we use quick wash and auto
water saving wash as well as washing in
cold water.
A strategy we could further use is to
limit our washing and wash when we
really need to as well as washing with
the machine full rather than a couple of
items.

Other 4L Instead of using a hose to wash my car I
can fill a bucket up and use that to wash
my car.


Energy
Electricity: Average per day is 20.01 khw
Gas: Average per day 93.21MJ (megajoules)

Energy
source
How used Beginning
of unit
(per
person)
Strategies for reduction End of unit
Gas Space
heating
5MJ -We recently put a
fireplace in to reduce
our usage, it will be
interesting to see what
the difference is
compared with ducted
heating the house

Electricity Lighting 7.06khw -Turn lights off when not
in use
-Turn off appliances
when on standby

Gas Cooking 10 MJ -Gas is better than
electricity when cooking

Gas Water
heating
70.11 MJ -We have a hot water
service which uses
natural gas and has a
lower impact on the
environment

Electricity,
Gas
Appliances 12.95
khw
10.01 MJ
-Turn off appliances that
are on standby.


Petrol Transport-
car
2.86 L

-Carpool
-Use public transport


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Time allowed
- These tasks will hopefully be implemented on a daily basis, so that in the
long term there will be a reduction in usage.














































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References

Department of Industry (2014). Home - LivingGreener.gov.au.
Retrieved March 5, 2014, from http://www.livinggreener.gov.au

State Government of Victoria (2013). Environment Protection Authority | EPA
Victoria. Retrieved March 3, from http://www.epa.vic.gov.au

State Government of Victoria (2013, August 15). Households - Sustainability
Victoria. Retrieved March 7, 2014, from
http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/services-and-
advice/household