Today, Peta from Sydney’s Precinct Magazine interviewed me at home, about living in the City of Sydney and trying to live a ‘greener’ life.
I spent the afternoon demonstrating our household Bokashi bin, worm farm, home wireless electricity monitor and even our dog poo recycling system.
Peta was particularly interested in the Australian Conservation Foundation’s report that shows Sydney residents to have an average eco-footprint of 8.58 hectares per person per year. This is well above both State (6.33) and Federal (6.4) averages.
The Australian Conservation Foundation’s website states that “eco-footprint is an indication of the total amount of land required to supply all the resources a person’s lifestyle demands. Australian’s have the fourth largest eco-footprint in the world”.
So how does my eco-footprint compare to the average Sydney, NSW and Australian rate? After chatting with Peta today I visited The Australian Conservation Foundation’s website and looked at their ‘Consumption Atlas’ then calculated my own personal eco-footprint. According to their calculator my eco-footprint is 4.8 hectares per year.
This may be well below Sydney, NSW and Australian averages but it is however way above the 1.8 hectares, that ACF states is sustainable.
In finishing, I wish to thank Peta for taking the time to visit me at my home to research what I am doing on my ‘green’ journey. Also Peta I wish to thank you for sharing your research with me as I am inspired to work at getting my personal eco-footprint down even further.
Greener Me 