Ecological footprint challenge

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Ecological footprint challenge

Introduction

- What is an ecological footprint?

- Sustainability

- The assignment

- Grading and questions

Ecological footprint

How much nature do we use?

Land/water surface area used for consumption and waste

Compared to how fast nature absorbs waste and generates new resources

The problem

We consume too much/produce too much waste

Nature cannot keep up with us 

Earth overshoot day

The consequences

- Extinction of species

- Rising atmospheric carbon levels

- Fish stock collapse

- Deforestation

- Overgrazing

- Reduced cropland productivity

- Desertification

- Soil erosion

- And more...

To keep earth liveable, we have to change behaviour

Calculate your own ecological footprint

https://footprint.wwf.org.uk

The assignment

- Calculate your footprint

- Discuss with class mates what your most important contributor is

- Challenge yourself (in pairs) what you can do to reduce your footprint in a week

- Complete the challenge by trying to live more sustainable in 1 week time

- Make a vlog (3 - 5 minutes) about what you did to reduce your footprint

What can you do to reduce your footprint?

Find the assignment + rubric on Somtoday