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footprints
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taking the fossil
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protein
product(g/kg) food
values:
categories and
dollar USDA RDA for
associated
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values:
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consumption
males
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regions, which associated data to
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values: Fruits
have different Veggies,
protein (g/kg) calculate daily
energy column per
600 day and 60
numbers to Based on a potatoes,
values: fruits
qualities and also should be calorie
g and
of protein.
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Milk & Yogurt
allocate 2500 Cal/day 15
mixes of the same. protein
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530 adult intake
2975
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the built-up the 95 80
grazing land, and vegetable-
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3930 per day
area for goods recommendedRice, CheeseCereals,
& butter
The Ecological Footprint per household member and
(calibrated to forest.
include indirect commercial and public expenditures) Daily Nutrition based
and foods.
2830
Eggs
and waste. value, Analysis
but not Noodles
177 78 approximately
The results are
Beans
1630
One hectare average for the
[in kcal/day/person] Beans
Eggs notgused
50
Pork in this
of protein.
2900
FOSSIL CROPLAND
contains 10'000
PASTURE FOREST BUILT-UP FISHERIES TOTAL American
Protein (g) diet.
Calorie
126 (kcal)
187 spreadsheet.
The
4070average
Juice & Wine US
ENERGY LAND Animal The average
22 for Pork &659
Juice Wine
square meters diet is 520
Chicken
CATEGORIES [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] Vegetable 8
the US tends to161 4 760
or 2.47 acres. approximately
Sugar
2220
FOOD 772 2,648 191 0 0 2,572 6,184 Total 30 2900
be around Sugar1,419
Chicken 3000 Calories
HOUSING 8,966 0 0 22,368 163 0 31,497 RDA Beef 0?
Cal/day60as 228 0?
2900
TRANSPORTATION 10,454 0 0 0 3,448 0 13,902 per capita
Veg.
2890 Oil and perFat
reported in Veg.
Beef Oil and Fat
GOODS 10,353 7,803 0 1,348 155 0 19,659 day.
(solid)
Fish Consult
8890
surveys, but (solid)
224 0.0
SERVICES 2,670 0 0 110 86 0 2,866 the USDA
Veg.
1290 Oil and or Fat
a
may be even Veg.
Fish Oil and Fat
WASTE 1,503 0 0 87 22 0 1,613 physician
(liquid)
Eating Outfor
higher, subject(liquid)
210 0.0 figures more
to misreporting. 8890
700 C/meal
TOTAL 34,718 10,452 191 23,913 3,874 2,572 75,719 Tea & Coffee directly relevant
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0?
Note: protein to your
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values (g/day) personal and
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protein0? values
FOSSIL CROPLAND PASTURE FOREST BUILT-UP FISHERIES TOTAL 700
calorie values
(g/100g) from
CATEGORIES ENERGY LAND C/meal
(J/100g) from
Note:
USDA protein
Nutrient
FOOD 1% 3% 0% 0% 0% 3% 8% USDA Nutrient
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calorie values
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values (g/day)
Database for
HOUSING 12% 0% 0% 30% 0% 0% 42% Note: calorie
Database for
determined
Standard
TRANSPORTATION 14% 0% 0% 0% 5% 0% 18% values
Standard(C/day)
from average
Reference of
Data.
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footprint, since nature cannot cope with them. There is no sustainable regenerative rate for substances such as heavy metals, persistent organic and inorganic
toxins, radioactive materials, or bio-hazardous waste. For a sustainable world, their use needs to be phased out. In other words, the above footprint calculation
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Footprint Intensity Cropland Pasture notes

[global m2/kg] [global m2/kg]
Veggies, potatoes & fruit 1.6 weighted avg: st
Bread and bakery products 8.3 same as "flour,
Flour, rice, noodles, cereal products (exc m 8.3 weighted avg. ce
Maize 5.0
Beans and other dried pulses 24.0 weighted avg. p
Milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream 2.3 1.2 milk
Ice cream, other frozen dairy 11.6 6.2 milk*5
Cheese, butter 23.2 12.4 milk*10
Eggs 20.8 eggs
Meat
Pork 27.9 pigmeat
Chicken, turkey 19.0 poultry meat
Beef 54.7 32.3 beef
Mutton, goat 46.9 31.1 mutton & goat
Fish 121.9 weighted avg. fi
Sugar 3.4
Vegetable oil 61.8 weighted avg. ve
Margarine 61.8 basedThe onStructural
vegetab
Coffee & tea 40.1 Consumption
weighted avg. co
Juice & wine 3.8 Footprints arewine multiplier:
Beer 2.0 measured in abeer
Cotton 39.3 common unitcotton Thislintmultiplier,
Wool called a “global which is applied
Cigarettes, other tobacco products 13.6 hectare,” (or tobaccoto all the total
Forest global acre) fossil energy
[global m2/m3 roundwood]which is a footprint
Timber 6,469 hectare with components of
global average each
biomass consumption
Waste factor for
Constants and Conversion Factors
productivity. category,
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mixes transportation
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cropland, due to
equations
Total built area of services (m2/cap) 244
grazing land, embodied
above and This column
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and forest. direct energy
represents this shows the
Area conversion (acres/ha) 2.47
consumption offootprint
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 common unit
called a “global
hectare,” (or
global acre)
which is a
hectare with
global average
biomass
productivity.
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footprints in
global hectares
allows the
comparison of
footprints
across different
regions, which
have different
qualities and
mixes of
cropland,
grazing land,
and forest.

To express
footprint results
in global
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Factors use
calibrate this "equivalence
household factors". This
footprint column shows
spreadsheet the primary
with the biomass
national equivalence
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accounts for the ratio between
U.S., so that the them
"average" represents their
footprints are relative capacity
equal using to produce
both biomass. For
assessment instance, a
methods. factor
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SERVICES means
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WASTE land category is
4.73 2.91 0.33
U.S. average fossil fuel area of goods: 2.21903
times more services: 1652 waste: 1283
productive than
world average
bioproductive
land.

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wooden
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translates
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cost= to
translates personal
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footprints
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dollar
Your footprint is 6.9 global hectares. across different operational
regions, which energy), the
have different energy column
qualities and also should be
mixes of the same.
cropland,
grazing land,
The Ecological Footprint per household member and
(calibrated to forest.
include indirect commercial and public expenditures)

One hectare
FOSSIL CROPLAND
contains 10'000PASTURE FOREST BUILT-UP
ENERGY square meters LAND
CATEGORIES [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2] [gm2]
or 2.47 acres.
FOOD 240 2,342 182 0 0
HOUSING 6,705 0 0 22,368 154
TRANSPORTATION 8,820 0 0 0 3,354
GOODS 9,151 7,803 0 1,348 137
SERVICES 2,670 0 0 110 86
WASTE 790 0 0 87 12

TOTAL 28,376 10,145 182 23,913 3,743

Ecological Footprint distribution

FOSSIL CROPLAND PASTURE FOREST BUILT-UP
CATEGORIES ENERGY LAND
FOOD 0% 3% 0% 0% 0%
HOUSING 10% 0% 0% 33% 0%
TRANSPORTATION 13% 0% 0% 0% 5%
GOODS 13% 11% 0% 2% 0%
 SERVICES 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
WASTE 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
TOTAL 41% 15% 0% 35% 5%

Note: The Ecological Footprint does not document our entire impact on nature. It only includes those aspects of our
consumption that could potentially be sustainable. In other words, it shows those resources that within given limits ca
sufficiently low levels can be absorbed by the biosphere. For all activities that are systematically in contradiction with
footprint, since nature cannot cope with them. There is no sustainable regenerative rate for substances such as heav
toxins, radioactive materials, or bio-hazardous waste. For a sustainable world, their use needs to be phased out. In o
assumes that the person being assessed engages in none of these systematically unsustainable activities, be it for e
disposal of motor oil, or the purchase, use and disposal of other harmful household chemicals.

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Footprint Intensity Cropland Pasture notes

[global m2/kg] [global m2/kg]
Veggies, potatoes & fruit 1.6 weighted avg: st
Bread and bakery products 8.3 same as "flour,
Flour, rice, noodles, cereal products (exc m 8.3 weighted avg. c
Maize 5.0
Beans and other dried pulses 24.0 weighted avg. p
Milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream 2.3 1.2 milk
Ice cream, other frozen dairy 11.6 6.2 milk*5
Cheese, butter 23.2 12.4 milk*10
Eggs 20.8 eggs
Meat
Pork 27.9 pigmeat
Chicken, turkey 19.0 poultry meat
Beef 54.7 32.3 beef
Mutton, goat 46.9 31.1 mutton & goat
Fish 121.9 weighted avg. fi
Sugar 3.4
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The Structural
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to all the total
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which is a
[global m2/m3 roundwood] footprint
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global average each
biomass consumption
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productivity. category,
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qualities allocated to
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Total built area of goods and waste (m2/cap) 244
cropland, due to
equations
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grazing land, embodied
above and This column
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and forest. represents this shows the
direct energy
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consumption offootprint
value.
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footprint column shows direct energy
spreadsheet the primary consumed by
with the biomass the government
national
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FOSSIL ENERGY 1.3 21,088
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