Gr 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint • devised in 1990 by a team of researches at UBC • has become a global standard for measuring human demands on Earth’s life systems - air, water, soil, land, habitats & ecosystems. • measurement in hectares of land required to meet the demands of your lifestyle

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint Take the Ecological Footprint challenge at www. myfootprint. org You will need to know… • how far your family travels in a year by car, bus, train and air • you may need to check with your parents about driving distance, house size and lot size • for air travel, use www. airtimetable. com/Air_mile_calculator. htm

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Click on the link. Use the information there to come with a 10 -point personal plan for reducing your ecological footprint. Put these points into an “Declaration of Intent” resolution worded like a UN resolution document.

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint Visit footprintnetwork. org • Have a look at “World Footprint” and note the significant • • points Visit Footprint Science > Data & Results to find Canada’s footprint • How do we compare to a selection of other nations? • What industrialized region of the world is always ahead of us? Look at “Ecological Debtors and Creditors” • What is significant about Canada? • Why might that be when our national footprint is so high? Take the “ Personal Footprint” quiz → you will need to select United States as the Canada footprint is not yet available compare your results to myfootprint. org

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Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Ecological Footprint

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Value of Nature What economic value do we enjoy from nature? i. e. What is the value of the tasks nature performs for us for free? What does nature do for free? • filters drinking water • marshlands protect coastal areas from erosion • forests provide lumber • farmers rely on insects for pollination

Gr. 12 Environment and Resource Management Value of Nature But if nature is doing these things for free then why worry about? Why bother costing it out?