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Eco. Footprint Activity
Eco. Footprint Activity
Eco. Footprint Activity
(Use the data to the right to calculate the ecological deficit or credit for the
countries listed. As an example, this value has been calculated and filled in for the
world)
Questions:
1. Which three countries have the largest ecological deficits? For each of these
countries, why do you think it has a deficit?
2. Rank the countries with ecological credits in order from highest to lowest
credit. For each country, why do you think it has an ecological credit?
3. Rank all of the countries in order from the largest to the smallest per capita
ecological footprint.
B. MY ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Estimate your own ecological footprint by using one of the many estimator
tools available on the internet. Is your ecological footprint larger or smaller
than you thought it would be, according to this estimate? Why do you think?