Assignment:
Human activities consume resources and produce waste As our populations grow and global consumption increases it is essential that we measure nature's capacity to meet these demands on our planet The Ecological Footprint has emerged as one of the world's leading measures of human demand on nature It allows us to calculate human pressure on the planet and come up with facts such as If everyone lived the lifestyle of the average American we would need 5 planets Ecological Footprint Analysis thus addresses whether the planet is large enough to keep up with the demands of humanity
Create a two-page report of your ecological footprint analysis with the below:
1. Consider your ecological footprint analysis. Discuss how you answered the questions and the final results of your analysis.
2. Are you surprised by how many earths it would take to sustain your current lifestyle'?
3. After exploring scenarios to your quiz answers. What changes in your lifestyle would you be willing to actually take to personally help shift the paradigm and to support social justice equity and caring for the people and ecosystems of Earth?
4. How would lessening the size of your ecological footprint relate to social justice and equity?