Engage your friends
- Start a conversation by asking your
friends about their social and ecological concerns.
- Encourage
your friends to take the Ecological Footprint Quiz, and then compare your results. Get involved with
global and local movements for social change, or start your own movement.
Involve society
- Write
a letter to your local government representative.
- Speak to
your school district about incorporating the
Ecological Footprint into their curriculum.
- Inform local
businesses about the Ecological Footprint, and
encourage them to calculate the mark they leave on the planet.
- Register to vote and vote for
candidates who support:
- Renewable energy
policies
- Highly fuel efficient
modes of transportation
- Protecting existing
ecologically productive lands
- Restoring degraded
natural areas
- Promoting organic and
local food sources
- Setting
standards for recycled product procurement policies and fair trade
- Take a
look at the League
of Conservation Voters' annual report on the environmental voting
records of members of Congress.