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Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint. Ecological Footprint. Calculating your impact Reducing our footprint Difference between wants & needs. YOUR Ecological Footprint.

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Ecological Footprint

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  1. Ecological Footprint

  2. Ecological Footprint • Calculating your impact • Reducing our footprint • Difference between wants & needs

  3. YOUR Ecological Footprint Ecological Footprints are a measure of human impact on the Earth. The footprint equals the Earth’s cost to sustain one person. It’s measured in hectares (or global hectares “gha”) and represents the land area needed to provide resources and absorb waste and greenhouse gases produced by an individual.

  4. Ecological Footprint & Bio-capacity Bio-capacity = The Earth’s resources available to meet human demands.

  5. Ecological Footprint & Bio-capacity by Region

  6. Canada’s Current Footprint http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_eco_foo-environment-ecological-footprint

  7. Ecological Footprint of Nations • The map on the following slide shows various countries and regions of the world proportionate to their production and consumption of commercially traded fuels. • All figures are in million metric tons of oil equivalent.

  8. Ecological “Fuel” Footprint of Nations

  9. Ecological Footprint of Nations • World Average – 3.1 hectares • Biggest Footprint – United Arab Emerates– 15.9 hectares • Smallest Footprint – Bangladesh – 0.6 hectares • Average Canadian Footprint – 7.6 hectares • Canada has the 9th highest footprint in the world! • Why is Canada’s average footprint so big? • What can we do to reduce our footprint?

  10. Patterns of Consumption

  11. Calculate your footprint! http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ http://www.myfootprint.org/

  12. What you can do! WWF Living Planet Report http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/ http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/2013_infographic/

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