5.11: Ecological Footprint

Question 1

What does the ecological footprint measure

Answer 1

How much a person consumes, expressed in area of land

Question 2

Factors of ecological footprint

Answer 2

• Food production
• Housing
• Raw materials
• Electricty production
• Waste disposal and production

Question 3

What is carbon footprint?

Answer 3

All CO2 released from an individual’s consumption and activities

Question 4

Factors that increase footprint

Answer 4

• Affluence increases carbon and ecological footprint (more travel-gas and more resources needed for material goods)
• Meat consumption (more land, more water, more energy)
• Fossil fuel usage

Question 5

Factors that decrease footprint

Answer 5

• Renewable energy use (wind, solar, hydro)
• Public transportation (less gas)
• Plant-based diet
• Less travel