Use the Assessment Tool at Www

question 16

Essay

Use the assessment tool at www.ecologicalfootprint.com or some other website that calculates your ecological footprint to calculate your ecological footprint. Once you determine the factors that evaluate your use of water, energy, waste disposal, transportation, and food consumption, use the results of your specific ecological footprint to determine three specific actions you can take to reduce the size of your ecological footprint. Make sure that your specific actions each fit into a different category (water, energy, waste, transportation, and food). Summarize your assessment.

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Definitions:

Specific Tariff

A fixed fee charged on a per unit basis for a good imported into a country.

Imported Good

A product or service that is brought into one country from another to be sold.

Consumer Surplus

The difference between the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay for a product and the actual price they do pay.

Specific Tariff

A specific tariff is a fixed fee imposed by a government on each unit of imported or exported goods, rather than a percentage of their value.