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We think by using public transportation, carpooling, biking, and walking leads to fewer vehicles on the road and less greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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Just as in South Africa, people in the Netherlands also use solar panels in order to generate electricity

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People from South Africa use, just as in the Netherlands, solar panels to provide power.

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In the Netherlands a lot of people have decided to eat less meat than before, in order to reduce their ecological footprint

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In the Netherlands we travel more with trnasport that is lower in emission.

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https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en

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How many planets does it take to sustain your lifestyle?

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What is your Ecological Footprint? How many planets does it take to support your lifestyle? Take this free quiz to find out!

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The number one way to reduce one's ecological footprint in SA is recycling

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What is done in the Netherlands to reduce one's footprint?

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What is done in SA to reduce one's footprint?

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What is the difference in the ecological footprint in SA vs NL?

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What is the difference in the ecological footprint in SA vs NL?

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Companies have a big impact on the ecological footprint, but then again every single person does in the end.

Governments should facilitate the change.

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How can we (as international students) contribute to the solution? How can we raise awareness? How can we create a Sticky-Story on TikTok?

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Where does the problem or solution starts? In South Africa or in the Netherlands. Where can we make the biggest impact or change?

We took a test to see our own Ecological footprint and it shows that we need more than one planet to fulfill our wishes both in South-Africa and in the Netherlands.

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What can we do to solve this problem?  And what do we need for that?

The ecological footprint is a method to measure human demand on natural capital, i.e. the quantity of nature it takes to support people or an economy.

We discussed the ecological footprint in both South-Africa and the Netherlands. In both countries we try to make conscious choices about our footprint.

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The problem started its initial take-off after the industrial revolution, but has really become a big topic since the beginning of this decade, so for the last 20 years.

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Why do we choose this subject, and why is it important? Why do we need change?

We chose this subject to raise more awareness about lessening our footprint to save the environment, it's important because we are currently facing global warming and climate change due to massive energy consumption that have a negative toll on our environment and planet.
We need to change in order to save our environment and planet from global warming and climate change that in most cases cause natural disasters in order to live a sustainable life.