Eco Footprint and why it matters
This topic focuses on games, methods, activities and events that shed light and offer solutions on the impact that individuals, communities or nation have on the environment and nature from many different points of view. The term ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT itself strictly refers to “the metric that measures how much nature we have and how much nature we use. The Footprint helps COUNTRIES improve sustainability and well-being, LOCAL LEADERS optimize public project investments and INDIVIDUALS understand their impact on the planet Ecological Footprint accounting measures the demand on and supply of nature. On the demand side, the Ecological Footprint measures the ecological assets that a given population requires to produce the natural resources it consumes (including plant-based food and fiber products, livestock and fish products, timber and other forest products, space for urban infrastructure) and to absorb its waste, especially carbon emissions. The Ecological Footprint tracks the ...