does your footprint fit on the earth?. source:
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Does your footprint
fit on the earth?
source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/world_footprint/
Germany
Denmark
Poland
Turkey
Bulgaria
Romania
Lithuania
Tasks of this unit
• What is the ecological footprint?
• Gain awareness of the envolved facts
• Calculate your own ecological footprint• Design posters to convince people do
reduce their misuse
What is the ecological footprint?
• The ecological footprint is an indicator that shows sustainability
• On one side it shows the quantity of CO2 balance
• it counts all resources that are daily needed and shows how much space is needed to provide all energy and resources
• On the other side it shows the quality of demand for land
•It visualizes the use of resources in areas like
• The ecological footprint is an offer/demand modell that represents the biocapacity of the earth and how much mankind uses of it
• Afterwards the consumption is projected to all people and compared with the available space on the earth
• The ecological footprint enables us to deal with our differents lifestyles
living nutrition consumption
mobility
Open the following website:
Follow the instructions!
http://myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information/
Write down your quiz result:
11.9 12.2
6.6
11.8
http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/res_tips.html
Get ideas from this website to design posters
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