Any class that takes place online as opposed to a class being conducted on campus grounds would introduce less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from lack of transportation due to students not having to make the drive to and from class meetings. The use of facilities such as bathrooms or any energy used such as power for the classroom and air conditioning for the building may also contribute to our carbon footprint and use of water facilities. http://myfootprint.org/en/your_results/?id=2788767 After taking the footprint quiz and reviewing my results it became apparent how every person on the planet could not live the average life style of people in our country. I say this because most of my results are very close to the national average and my score states 6 earths would be required for everyone in the world to live similar life styles. Only one of my footprints is higher than the national average which is the food footprint and my carbon footprint is a close tie with our average.
With my high protein Paleolithic diet my food consumption footprint was relatively high. I have many snacks and full sized meals throughout the day as long as there are groceries in the house. This is in order to teach my body not to store fat and is part of my cross fitness nutrition plan that I have worked out with my trainer. The way I understand it, our bodies’ anatomy has only changed a fraction of a percent sense the days of the cavemen when the average man was more athletic than our modern day Olympians. This is primarily why I consume 3 balanced meals completely grain and dairy free combined with snacks in between meals. My diet is composed of gluten free and organic produce such as grass fed meat and cage free chicken eggs. The quiz gives you perspective of just how extreme our population has become sense our planet can no longer sustain the diet our bodies have been evolved