Your Ecological Footprint Due February 10‚ 2014 Step 1. Do some background reading The Ecological Footprint is a measure of the human impact on nature. Take some time to get to know about the Ecological Footprint and what it measures: http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/what_it_measures Next‚ read through the Ecological Footprint Quiz’s Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/faq/. You never know what others have asked that may be of interest to you
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GEOG106 ASSIGNMENT 2: CARBON FOOTPRINTS ELLA ROCHE (28682991)\ What is your personal carbon footprint‚ and what are the implications of your carbon generating behaviours for meeting future carbon emissions target? How might changes be brought about in individual and societal carbon behaviours and what changes might there be in New Zealand by 2020 and 2050 as a result? This report outlines the principles behind carbon footprints and their reduction on both a societal‚ national and global
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The term carbon footprint‚ therefore‚ is a shorthand to describe the best estimate that we can get of the full climate change impact of something. That something could be anything – an activity‚ an item‚ a lifestyle‚ a company‚ a country or even the whole world. CO2e? What’s that? Man-made climate change‚ or global warming‚ is caused by the release of certain types of gas into the atmosphere. The dominant man-made greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ which is emitted whenever we burn fossil
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ec Ecological Footprint http://www.footprintnetwork.org …measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes‚ using prevailing technology. Biologically productive land and sea includes area that 1) supports human demand for food‚ fiber‚ timber‚ energy and space for infrastructure and 2) absorbs the waste products from the human economy. Biologically productive areas include cropland‚ forest and fishing grounds
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Mallik‚ I (2000) “A Billion Strong or Weak?”‚ Down to Earth‚ June 30‚ 55. MEF (Ministry of Environment and Forest) (1997) White Paper on Pollution in Delhi with Action Plan‚ Government of India. Mishra‚ B‚ Singh‚ R B et al. (2001) Delhi Metropolis: Housing and Quality of Life in Million Cities of India‚ 1:196-228. Nichali‚ J‚ and Wong‚ M S (2004) Mapping and Modelling of Urban Environment Quality in Hong Kong. NRSA (National Remote Sensing Agency) (1994) Mapping and Monitoring Urban Sprawl of Madras
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php/GFN/page/basics_introduction/ Footprint Basics - Introduction You’ve probably heard of the Ecological Footprint - the metric that allows us to calculate human pressure on the planet and come up with facts‚ such as: If everyone lived the lifestyle of the average American we would need five planets. This section of our Web site explains how the Ecological Footprint works in basic terms. It examines the benefits of ecological accounting‚ introduces some of the most important Footprint findings‚ and addresses
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A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization‚ event or product" [1]. For simplicity of reporting‚ it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide‚ or its equivalent of other GHGs‚ emitted. The concept name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint discussion.[2] The carbon footprint is a subset of the ecological footprint and of the more comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). An individual‚ nation‚ or organization’s
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his page is a list of countries by ecological footprint. This table is based on 2007 data from the Global Footprint Network published in 2010. Data is given as global hectares per capita. The world-average ecological footprint in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person (18.0 billion in total). With a world-average biocapacity of 1.8 global hectares per person (12 billion in total)‚ this leads to an ecological deficit of 0.9 global hectares per person (6 billion in total). If a country does not
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products that can help people reduce their own impacts. HUL’s footprint The product categories which make the largest contribution to our greenhouse gas footprint are those where the consumer requires heated water. Soap‚ shower gel and skin care products alone account for more than half of our total footprint Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from skin cleansing and hair washing 3.1By 2015 we aim to reach 200 million consumers with products and tools that will help them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
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ICT footprint Pilot testing on methodologies for energy consumption and carbon footprint of the ICT-sector FINAL REPORT A study prepared for the European Commission DG Communications Networks‚ Content & Technology Digital Agenda for Europe This study was carried out for the European Commission by Internal identification SMART-Nr 2011/0078 LEGAL NOTICE The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the
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