What does Ecological Footprint mean?
According to the World Wildlife Fund:
"The simplest way to define ecological footprint would be to call it the impact of human activities measured in terms of the area of biologically productive land and water required to produce the goods consumed and to assimilate the wastes generated. More simply, it is the amount of the environment necessary to produce the goods and services necessary to support a particular lifestyle."
(from the website http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/ecological_balance/eco_footprint/)
How big do you think your footprint is?
Try taking one of the many online footprint calculators such as:
footprintcalculator.org
Mountain Equipment Co-Op Footprint calculator
My Footprint Calculator
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