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Class Period _____ Name _____________________________________________ What’s Your Ecological Footprint? 1. Before you begin … How do you think your ecological footprint compares to that of the average US cizen? Do you think your ecological footprint is larger, about the same, or smaller? Circle one. 2. Go to the ecological footprint calculator located at The Global Footprint Network (hp://footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/). Select your locaon. Choose “USA.” In the next window, choose “Begin,” and then choose “Get Started.” Create your avatar and click “OK.” The calculator asks quesons about the food you eat, your home, and your transportaon choices. For every secon of the quiz, you will have a choice of answering easy quesons on the top tab or more detailed quesons on the boom tab. If you can answer the quesons on the boom tab, you will get more accurate results. Answer the quesons in each secon to the best of your ability based on your knowledge of your personal or family lifestyle. Write down your results. Note: 1 acre = .405 hectares If everyone lived like you, it would take _________________________ Earths to provide enough resources. To support your lifestyle, it takes ________ global acres ( ________hectares) of the Earth’s producve area. Which segment of the pie chart makes up the largest poron of your footprint?________________________ 3. Use the top menu to select Footprint Basics, and then Footprint for Naons. Record the per capita footprints for the countries listed in the table below for the year 2010 . Write in two countries of your choice along with their footprints. Ecological Footprints Your Personal Footprint US per capita Canada per capita Mexico per capita India per capita China per capita Burundi per capita World per capita per capita per capita Ecological Footprint (Global Hectares) 4. How does your personal ecological footprint compare to the US average per capita? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If different, describe one lifestyle choice that makes your footprint significantly different from the US average. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How does your footprint compare to the world’s per capita footprint? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1
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Class Period _____ Name _____________________________________________
What’s Your Ecological Footprint?
1. Before you begin … How do you think your ecological footprint compares to that of the average US citizen?Do you think your ecological footprint is larger, about the same, or smaller? Circle one.
2. Go to the ecological footprint calculator located at The Global Footprint Network (http://footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/).
Select your location. Choose “USA.” In the next window, choose “Begin,” and then choose “Get Started.” Create your avatar and click “OK.” The calculator asks questions about the food you eat, your home, and your transportation choices. For every
section of the quiz, you will have a choice of answering easy questions on the top tab or more detailed questions on the bottom tab. If you can answer the questions on the bottom tab, you will get more accurate results. Answer the questions in each section to the best of your ability based on your knowledge of your personal or family lifestyle.
Write down your results. Note: 1 acre = .405 hectaresIf everyone lived like you, it would take _________________________ Earths to provide enough resources.To support your lifestyle, it takes ________ global acres ( ________hectares) of the Earth’s productive area.Which segment of the pie chart makes up the largest portion of your footprint?________________________
3. Use the top menu to select Footprint Basics, and then Footprint for Nations. Record the per capita footprints for the countries listed in the table below for the year 2010. Write in two
countries of your choice along with their footprints.
Ecological Footprints
Your PersonalFootprint
USper capita
Canadaper capita
Mexicoper capita
Indiaper capita
Chinaper capita
Burundiper capita
Worldper capita per capita per capita
Ecological Footprint
(Global Hectares)
4. How does your personal ecological footprint compare to the US average per capita?
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5. If different, describe one lifestyle choice that makes your footprint significantly different from the US average.
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6. How does your footprint compare to the world’s per capita footprint?
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7. Describe at least two lifestyle choices that possibly make your footprint different from the world average.
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8. According to your table, which country has the highest per capita ecological footprint?________________________
Why do you think it is so high? _____________________________________________________________________
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9. According to your table, which country has the lowest per capita footprint?_________________________________
Why do you think it is so low? ______________________________________________________________________
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10. What was the US per capita footprint in 1978? _________________________________________________________
How does it compare to the US per capita footprint in 2010? _____________________________________________
Explain the source of any differences between the US per capita footprint in 1978 and 2010. What has changed?
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11. Compare the per capita footprint for China in 1961 and 2010. Explain the difference.
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Read the WWF article, Reduce your impact, http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/live_green/.
12. According to the article, what are the two major contributors to ecological footprints? ________________________
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13. Based on the article, what are two realistic ways in which you could reduce your own footprint? ________________
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14. Pick one of the bulleted items under Use your consumer power (find one that interests you). Summarize something
interesting you learned about choosing sustainably produced consumer products. ___________________________
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