My ecological footprint.

I calculated my ecological footprint and come to find out, I need 3.8 earths and about 17 global acres of Earth's productive land in order to sustain the way that I live. A footprint is simply described as the measure of humanities demand on nature. That relates to the broader concept of sustainability because if we calculate every one's ecological footprint than we can see the pressure and demands that we as a society put on nature. If we place more pressure and demand upon the environment than the environment can handle then we will far surpass it's carrying capacity and the environment will crash. This measure can influence our life decisions because if someone were to calculate their footprint and see that they themselves are destroying the Earth they would begin to behave differently in order to save the planet that we all live on. One thing that I could do to lower my footprint is to not leave the water running in the shower to "heat up" and leave the water running while I put toothpaste on my toothbrush.