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is an ecological footprint?
from the Earth Care website The ecological footprint refers to the area of ecologically productive land and water required to support our lifestyles. Earth has 7.3 billion hectares of ecologically productive land. Earth’s human population is six billion people. That means every person on earth is entitled to 1.22 hectares if the earth's resources were shared equally. What is YOUR ecological footprint? Do this ecological footprint quiz to find out! At the end of it, get the (often shocking) results in terms of "If everyone lived like you, we would need (x number of) planet earths" What is more useful is to do the quiz again and change some of the inputs to see how you can get the "x number" down to 1 planet earth... There are links under "What you can do" as an individual for ideas to reduce your ecological footprint. These include: Eat less meat, drive a fuel-efficient vehicle, avoid purchasing disposable items with lots of packaging Some ways to do your part? The Singapore Environment Council website lists Recycling resources: where to send your recyclables How green is your home? Find out how energy-efficient your fridge, aircon is and get tips on how to be more energy efficient in your home How green is your office? Try out this first online eco-rating system. How green is your school? Download the audit manual to find out |
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