FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR
Want to know the environmental impact of your diet? Take this quick five minute survey to find your carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints!
How many servings of each food do you consume on an average week?
Not sure what a standard portion size is? Click
here
to find out more.
Never
1-3x
/ mo
1x
/ wk
2-3x
/ wk
4-6x
/ wk
1x
/ day
2-3x
/ day
4-6x
/ day
6+
/ day
(3 oz / serving)
(3 oz / serving)
(3 oz / serving)
(3.5 oz / serving)
(1 egg or 2 oz / serving)
(1 cup / serving)
(2 oz/ serving)
How many servings of each food do you consume on an average week?
Not sure what a standard portion size is? Click
here
to find out more.
Never
1-3x
/ mo
1x
/ wk
2-3x
/ wk
4-6x
/ wk
1x
/ day
2-3x
/ day
4-6x
/ day
6+
/ day
(0.5 cup cooked / serving)
(1 apple or 5 oz / serving)
(1 cup / serving)
(1 slice bread, 0.5c oats)
(0.5 cup cooked / serving)
(1 tbsp oil, 1 bag of chips)
(0.25 cup / serving)
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What you choose to eat has arguably the largest impact on your individual environmental footprint!
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0 kg Carbon |
0 g Nitrogen |
0 L Water |
0kg is below the IN average dietary carbon footprint of 1750kg and below the 680kg upper limit of a sustainable diet.
For your reference, 0kg of Carbon is equivalent to 0 gallons of gasoline burned and 0 cubic feet of ice melted every year.
Looking for ways to improve your diet's sustainability? Meat and dairy production account for three-fourths of all carbon emissions from an average Indian diet and are also the two highest sources of water usage in food production.6,1 For a seven day meal plan with recipes and tons of other good stuff, check out these recommendations from the KIIT College of Engineering on consuming a healthy and Earth-friendly diet.