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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