Ecological Footprint

The ecological footprint is a way of expressing our impact on the planet. It shows the amount of land used to provide us with everything we consume (energy, food, homes, travel, the things we buy, etc) and also to cope with the waste that we produce. My eco-footprint can be expressed in terms of the…

The Ecological Footprint is an indicator that measures a nation’s impact on Earth and its natural systems, indicating whether a country and its people are living sustainably or harming the planet. It does this by comparing our consumption of natural resources with nature’s ability to renew those resources…

The challenge for countries in Asia and the Pacific is to manage their natural capital sustainably, so that they maintain ecosystem services in the interests of long-term economic development. - Jim Leape, Director General, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) The widespread loss of natural ecosystems…

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Quick summary: In this activity students learn about the concept of environmental footprints. They will learn how to measure their impact and take steps to reduce their personal footprint. Students make comparisons between the environmental footprint of a traditional indigenous lifestyle and a modern…

Ecological Footprint Work Receives International Recognition with Prestigious Blue Planet Prize Japan’s Prince Akishino and the Asahi Glass Foundation yesterday presented the Blue Planet Prize, one of the world’s premier environmental awards, to Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel and…

The Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria: more than half of Australia’s footprint comprises carbon pollution. Photograph: David Crosling/AAP Australians require a huge ecological “footprint” in order to sustain their lifestyles, with just 12 nations in the world using up more arable…

When you use energy, you increase your carbon footprint. Photo Credit StockSolutions/iStock/Getty Images You leave footprints when you walk in the sand, the mud and when you ve got wet feet. You also leave something called a carbon footprint. You can t see your carbon footprint, but you can explain to…

Country Trends Curious about the Footprints of individual countries? This graph tracks the per-person Ecological Footprint and biocapacity in United States of America since 1961. Both are measured in global hectares. Biocapacity per person varies each year with ecosystem management, agricultural practices…