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Bio 105 Ecological Footprint

This document discusses ecological footprints and sustainability. It provides a quiz for students to calculate their own ecological footprint. It then asks students to analyze their footprint, compare it to U.S. averages, and identify ways to reduce their impact. Students are asked to consider how many planets would be needed if everyone lived like them or like the average U.S. citizen.

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Bio 105 Ecological Footprint

This document discusses ecological footprints and sustainability. It provides a quiz for students to calculate their own ecological footprint. It then asks students to analyze their footprint, compare it to U.S. averages, and identify ways to reduce their impact. Students are asked to consider how many planets would be needed if everyone lived like them or like the average U.S. citizen.

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If everyone lived
ECOLOGICAL like you, we would need __________
FOOTPRINT planets.
NAME __________________________
Are you living lived
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__________ planets.
Take the ecological footprint quiz to find out.
Your ecological footprint is the amount of productive land and water needed to
produce all thelived
5. If everyone resources you
like you, consume
the maximum and to absorb
number all the who
of people waste you be
could generate.
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by Earth forever is ____________________. Hint: you are going to use two numbers
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• Watch thecalculation: the at
youtube video number of people on Earth today and the number of planets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tYMWz_Ia4.
• Take the ecological footprint quiz (http://www.myfootprint.org/).
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(see work (round to nearest person and put commasalso
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html in #s).
see http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks2.htm).
• Answer the following questions. Make sure you use acres vs. hectares.

1. Fill out the following table with your results in global acres (click on table view).
CATEGORYMY ACRESCOUNTRY
6. Click the Reduce Your Footprint button (or click on Take Action and then Reduce
your Footprint). From
Footprint each footprint category (carbon, food, etc.), state the most
by Consumption
important thing you already do and state the two most important things you don’t do,
but would Carbon
be willing to do.
Food

Housing

Goods/Services

Footprint by Biome

Cropland

Pastureland

Marine Fisheries

Forest Land

2. My ecological footprint is __________ acres.


The average ecological footprint for the U.S. is __________ acres/person.
The sustainable ecological footprint is__________ acres/person.
Hint: click on the “About the Quiz” link and then the “FAQ” link.

3. Give the two most important reasons you think your footprint is different from the
average for the U.S.

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