Monday 28 April 2014

Apr. 28 – More on your ecological footprint

Today we debriefed the information we got from last week's ecological footprint activity.  How many planets did you need to support your lifestyle?  Here are some of the classes's results:

4
2.5
2.6
1.9
1.4

2.9

The average for Ontario is 3.58 planets.

How many hectares does your personal footprint take up?  Here are some results from the class:

5.9
4.0
4.8
6.5
7.2
5.3
3.1

Again, well below the Canadian average of 8.6 hectares.  However, you should expect this to change once you guys start owning your own cars and houses.

Handouts

Next we watched these videos to get a visual sense of how much stuff one person uses in his or her lifetime:




That's all we had time for in one class, but feel free to watch the other parts at home:








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