Protect our Planet

Discover your ecological footprint and how your lifestyle affects the planet. Learn to make greener choices!

How much "nature" does our lifestyle require? All the decisions we make daily about our lifestyle have serious and long-lasting consequences for our planet. We are not always aware of this. These consequences are called our "ecological footprint".The ecological footprint measures the space on Earth an individual uses to support his or her lifestyle. It is influenced by our everyday actions like eating and drinking, switching on a light, going by car or traveling by other means, buying something to wear or to use. Each time, we are adding to our footprint.Our individual footprint on Earth is calculated by the amount of natural resources (land, sea, fresh water) needed to produce all things we use. It also measures the amount of energy we use and the emissions we create from oil, coal and gas, and the amount of land we need toabsorb all the waste we create. The more resources are necessary to support our lifestyle, the larger the footprint.Everyone leaves a footprint on Earth: it's the size that may be the problem. Some may be bigger than is good for the rest of us. Increase your vocabulary knowledge Fill in the green words from the text according to the synonyms that would fit as well. choices decisions take in absorb results consequences quantity amount enduring long-lasting diffusion emissions we are counting up we are adding bolster support The ecological footprint is ... ... influenced by our everyday actions. ... something to wear or use. ... a consequence of our lifestyle. The ecological footprint measures ... ... how many natural resources we need for production of food and materials. ... how much we eat and drink. ... how much energy we use. ... the amount of emissions we create. ... the amount of waste we produce. Make a difference by what you eat! Do the quiz on "foodprint" (click on the word, it's a link) and find out how "green" you eat. Tell us about how you could improve your diet to improve your result. If your results are already top - please describe why this is so.Make aVOICE RECORD here! You should speak about one minute ;-)