Ecological Footprint

According to the site: sustaindane,"The Ecological Footprint is a measure of the 'load' imposed by a given population on nature. It represents the land area necessary to sustain current levels of resource consumption and waste discharge by that population."

Here are some of the claims:

• The Ecological Footprint of the average US resident is 30 acres
• The Fair Earth Share for each of the 6 billion people alive today is 5 acres
• The Ecological Footprint for humanity as a whole is larger than the bioproductive land available
• This state of overshoot is similar to living on the principal rather than the interest of an investment (there is no or little effect on quality of life until the bottom of the account is reached)

For more information, please visit: http://www.sustaindane.org