what is the ecological footprint?
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What is the ecological footprint?. The area a person, community, organisation, or region would need to sustainably maintain their activities. How is EF measured?. A way of measuring human impact - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is the ecological footprint?
• The area a person, community, organisation, or region would need to sustainably maintain their activities.
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How is EF measured?• A way of measuring human impact
• Uses real information about what people eat, how they travel, what waste they produce, how much energy they use and more;
•Information is converted into a measure of space - the amount of space needed by that person to live his/her current lifestyle.
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So really
• …an ecofootprint is a clever way of working out how much of the planet you need to provide for everything you do every day, including what you eat and what you throw away.
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• How many people living in the world?
• We have to share the planet with…
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• If we shared the space equally between everyone who lives on the planet, we would have around two global hectares each.
• That’s about twice the size of JPCI’s Track for each of us.
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Over to you…
• But do you think that everyone only uses their fair share?
• Do people all over the world each use the same amount of resources and so have the same ‘footprint’?
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Amount of land required to support our class’ lifestyle
(8ha X 24 students=192 ha)
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• You can work out your very own eco-footprint if you know:– How you travel around and how far you go– How much energy you use (for heating, cooking,
lighting etc.) – How much paper you use and waste you throw away or
recycle– What types of food you eat and– How much water you use