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We will use the Global Footprint Network website as the main source for this assignment. https://www.footprintnetwork.org/
(Links to an external site.)
Ecological Footprint – Definition
A measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates, using prevailing technology and resource management practices. The Ecological Footprint is usually measured in global hectares. Because trade is global, an individual or country’s Footprint includes land or sea from all over the world.
Without further specification, Ecological Footprint generally refers to the Ecological Footprint of consumption. Ecological Footprint is often referred to in short form as Footprint. “Ecological Footprint” and “Footprint” are proper nouns and thus should always be capitalized.
Source: https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/glossary/
(Links to an external site.)
Ecological Footprint – Calculator
The Ecological Footprint calculator is a tool used to measure the amount of global hectares required to support the current life choices of an individual, family, company or building for example. The website uses an algorithm to analyze your total footprint by asking you questions in a number of categories such as, how much food and what types you go through on a daily or weekly basis, how you commute to and from work/school or how you power your place of shelter, for example. With the use of algorithms, you are given a numerical value (an estimate) for your ecological footprint, in global hectares of productive land.
Part I: Use the Ecological Footprint Calculator at http://www.footprintcalculator.org/
(Links to an external site.)
to calculate your Footprint
You may need to enter an email address, but no further information is needed to use the tool. You may estimate using your current dorm, apartment or family household living situation. The idea is to avoid “guessing” as much as possible. HINT: Use the “add details” function to better estimate your footprint. Otherwise, you may be guessing.
Use Table 1 to record the following items:
Number of Planets Needed
Carbon (CO2 emissions in tonnes per year)
Your Carbon Footprint (% of your total Ecological Footprint)
Also record your footprint for the amount of hectares that you consume in Table 1:
Food
Housing
Mobility
Goods
Services
Total Footprint
Hint: Click on the “See Details” arrow to get to more of the data you need to record in the table.
Table 1. Table of Ecological Footprint Results
Footprint for:
Scenario 1
Your Normal Consumption
Scenario 2
Your Decreased Consumption
Number of Earths Needed
Total Footprint (hectares)
Carbon (tons)
Carbon (% of total Footprint)
Food (hectares)
Housing (hectares)
Goods (hectares)
Services (hectares)
Mobility (hectares)
Part II: Make Changes to Decrease your Footprint
Now determine what things you could easily change in your consumption patterns to reduce your ecological footprint. Redo/retake the ecological footprint quiz and then enter your new value(s) in the Scenario 2 (Your Decreased Consumption) column of Table 1.
Hint: Keep track of changes, so that you can describe them in Part III.
Part III: Reflection on Method, Answer and Relevance
Provide written content for your table. Assume your audience is general and has no idea what an Ecological Footprint is or what simply lifestyle changes can make a large impact with respect to sustainability.
Briefly describe the changes in lifestyle you chose and how they worked to decrease your footprint. Which categories were most affected? How and why?
Use the Three-step method for Quantitation and Qualitative Assessment (see p. 60 of the Chapter 2 reading) to complete your brief description. In other words, cutting and pasting a completed Table 1 is not enough to follow the 3-step method and you should never present a table or graphic without explanation of 1) how you generated the table/graph, 2) what answer(s) it provides and 3) why it matters.
Your audience (or supervisor) will not be impressed if you simply cut and paste a table of data without providing context and background on how you arrived at your sustainable decision or why they (or your boss) should care.
Additional help and/or items to think about…..
Note: You have completed the three-step method many times before in your life; the text is simply presenting it in a more formalized manner. The three-step method for quantitation and qualitative assessment is summarized in the text below. My notes for how to think about the process are in blue. You are not required to answer all of these questions; I provided them to help you get oriented on how to think about and use the three-step method.
1) A description of the method used to complete the task (What method did you use to get numbers? Did you get the numbers from a scholarly article? From the Footprint calculator? From a different source? Most likely the method you used was the Ecological Footprint calculator as well as some estimates on how much you could reduce easily.)
2) The result or output (quantitative or qualitative) of the task (What answer are you providing to me? A quantitative number? A qualitative reflection? Or a little of both?)
3) A critical assessment, validation or thought related to the result. (Why should anyone care about what you just researched, thought about and presented? What is the take-away message from your table?)

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