Essay On Ecological Footprint

1.What is an Ecological Footprint?

Human clothing, food, shelter, travel, and other life and production activities need to consume the resources of the earth, and produce a lot of waste. The ecological footprint is to use the amount of land and water to estimate that people use natural quantity in order to sustain itself to assess the impact of human beings on the earth's ecosystem and environment. The higher the ecological footprint , the more resources Earth needs to provide to human, and the greater the impact on ecology and environment.

2.What were the results of your test and what, if anything, did you find surprising or noteworthy?

My results were so surprising that I did not know that my life could have such a big impact. I started to

With the frequency to use the cars and planes and the irregular life, all of the footprint will increase. When I was in China, I lived a low-carbon life. With the frequency that I used public transport , my footprints were reduced immediately. I think it is very important! I learned GPH314 last semester, Then our topic is Carrying Capacity. I think the Carrying Capacity and the Ecological Footprint are related. If your ecological footprint is too large, the earth carry capacity will drop down. When carrying capacity to be a certain limit, our earth will no longer exist.

7.What are the two most significant categories of your Ecological Footprint and why?

By land type, my most significant categories are Cropland and Carbon footprint. By consumption categories are food and mobility. Through my analysis, my two most significant categories are food and transportation! Because I can not avoid the consumption of meat. In China, I will follow with my father to touch the society and accompany him to social engagement. The reason for the use of transportation: 1. My home is so far away that there is no public transport to reach the company. 2. I still need go to school and I need to fly between the two countries, and it takes me 20 hours on plane. That's a huge proportion.

8.What adjustment would you make to these two categories to significantly reduce their environmental