How often do you eat meat? Do you recycle? Do you drive a car? Depending upon your answers, you may have a big or small ecological footprint. An ecological what? Of course we all have footprints. We leave them in the mud or after stepping in a puddle, but the ecological footprints that we leave on the Earth are far more important.
By looking at one's ecological footprints, we can see how much a person impacts our planet Earth. The things one does, the products one uses, and how one consumes natural resources are part of that person's ecological footprint. Let's say you eat meat and a lot of processed food every day. You also ride a scooter to work and never recycle. These things amount to having a big ecological footprint. On the contrary, a vegetarian who rides a bike everywhere and recycles everything would have a much smaller ecological footprint. In other words, this person's life doesn't hurt the environment as much as your own. Now, what do you do if you have a big footprint?