SUSTAINABILITY

Question 1

What is sustainability?

Answer 1

Use and management of resources that allow full natural replacement of the resources exploited and full recovery of the ecosystems affected by their extraction.
Sustainable Development: The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 2

How can we measure sustainability?

Answer 2

Through measuring our ecological footprint

Question 3

What is the ecological footprint?

Answer 3

The ecological footprint is a tool used to measure how fast humans generate waste and consume ecological resources compared to how fast earth is able to regenerate those resources and absorb waste.

Question 4

Factors that the Ecological Footprint measures

Answer 4

1. Carbon Uptake
2. Forest
3. Grazing Land
4. Cropland
5. Fishing Grounds
6. Built up Land

Question 5

How is the EF measured?

Answer 5

In Global Hectares

Question 6

What is Biocapacity?

Answer 6

It is the ecosystem’s ability to produce biological materials and absorb the waste generated by humans.

Question 7

What is a Biocapacity Reserve?

Answer 7

It is when the Biocapacity exceeds the Ecological Footprint

Question 8

What is a Biocapacity Deficit?

Answer 8

When the Ecological Footprint exceeds the Biocapacity.

Question 9

What is Earthovershoot day?

Answer 9

Earthovershoot day marks the date when human’s demand for ecological services and resources exceeds what earth can regenerate.