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The Planet Overview:
There will be several landmasses and elements that exist on and around the planet. These areas will consist of:
• Habitable (by Humans) land: each individuals footprint
• Uninhabitable (by Humans) land
o Industrial Land (oil fields, factories)
o Polar Ice Caps
o Wildlife Refuges
o Ocean
• Atmosphere (pollutants, CO2, holes)
• Space (might provide room for additional planets, if need be. This could represent the actual number of earths and its natural resources

INTERFACE DESIGN
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Opening page (1):
Welcome to your planet. Please take good care of it...

Page 2:
You will be given a piece of land that represents your place in and on this planet. It is your responsibility to maintain the well-being of your land and the planet as a whole. This will be done by a measure of your personal ecological footprint, as well as external factors that are beyond your control.

To receive your land, please register:
Name:
Password:
Email address:

[Each person who registers will receive a piece of land on the planet in the shape of a footprint. All footprints will interconnect, as more users users register. After receiving their footprint, they will be asked to answer the questions below to determine the effect of their daily activities. Though ones ecological footprint usually results in the number of planets needed to sustain their activities, I will use the alternate measurement of acres. The users footprint will expand, and over a number of days, change in appearance. ]

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Thank you for registering. This is the current form of your land. Please fill out the ecological footprint questionnaire below to determine the impact of your footprint:

(From earthday.net)
How old are you?
• <12
• 13-15
• 16-20
• 21-35
• 36-50
• 51-65
• >65

How big is the city, town, or place where you live?
• <1000
• 1000-10,000
• 10,001-100,000
• 100,001-1,000,000
• >1,000,000

What city has the most similar weather to yours?
• Atlanta
• Chicago
• Denver
• Los Angeles
• New York
• Phoenix
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• St. Louis

Gender?
• Male
• Female
• Other

Zip Code (optional)

How often do you eat animal based products? (meats, fish, eggs, dairy products)
• Never (vegan)
• Infrequently (no meat, and eggs/dairy a few times a week) (strict vegetarian)
• Occasionally (no meat or occasional meat, but eggs/dairy almost daily)
• Often (meat once or twice a week)
• Very often (meat daily)
• Almost always (meat and eggs/dairy in almost every meal)

How much of the food that you eat is processed, packaged and not locally grown ) from more than 200 miles away)?
• Most of the food I eat is processed, packaged, and from far away
• Three quarters
• Half
• One quarter
• Very little. Most of the food I eat is unprocessed, unpackaged and locally grown.

Goods Footprint

Compared to people in your neighborhood, how much waste do you generate?
• Much less
• About the same
• Much more

Shelter Footprint

How many people live in your household?
• 1 person
• 2 people
• 3 people
• 4 people
• 5 people
• 6 people
• 7 or more people

What is the size of your home?
• 2500 square feet or larger
• 1900-2500 square feet
• 1500-1900 square feet
• 1000 -1500 square feet
• 500-1000 square feet
• 500 square feet or smaller

Which housing type best describes your home?
• Free standing house without running water
• Free standing house with running water
• Multi-story apartment building
• Row house or building with 2-4 housing units
• Green-design residence

Do you have electricity in your home?
• No
• Yes
• Yes, with energy conservation and efficiency

Mobility Footprint

On average, how far do you travel on public transportation each week (bus, train, subway or ferry) ?
• 200 miles or more
• 75-200 miles
• 25-75 miles
• 1-25 miles
• 0 miles

On average, how far do you go by motorbike each week (as a driver or passenger)?
• 200 miles or more
• 75-200 miles
• 25-75 miles
• 1-25 miles
• 0 miles

On average, how far do you go by car each week (as a driver or passenger)?
• 400 miles or more
• 300-400 miles
• 200-300 miles
• 100-200 miles
• 10-100 miles
• 0 miles

Do you bicycle, walk, or use animal power to get around?
• Most of the time
• Sometimes
• Seldom

Approximately how many hours do you spend flying each year?
• 100 hours
• 25 hours
• 10 hours
• 3 hours
• Never fly

How many miles per gallon does your car get? (If you do not own a car, estimate the average fuel efficiency of the cars you ride in.)
• More than 50 miles per gallon
• 35-50 miles per gallon
• 25-35 miles per gallon
• 15-25 miles per gallon
• Fewer than 15 miles per gallon

How often do you drive in a car with someone else, rather than alone?
• Almost never
• Occasionally (about 25%)
• Often (about 50%)
• Very often (about 75%)
• Almost always

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 3.2
MOBILITY 1.7
SHELTER 4.9
GOODS/SERVICES 4.4
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 14

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.2 PLANETS.

[The user will immediately see the calculation of their impact. Over the course of several days, the users’ land will be transformed based on the answer to the eco-footprint questions. At this point live news data related to environmental issues will be fed into the system. This data will change the planet, but these changes will be out of the control of the users.]