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Are people living within the sustainable ecological footprint?

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Are people living within the sustainable ecological footprint?

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The sustainable ecological footprint is measured by the biocapacity of the Earth which is around 0.7 to 0.8 (normal) but the people globally are using up to 1.7 global hectares per person which is far from sustainable.

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Developing countries
Many people living in slums. Housing and Food footprints are very low
Carbon footprints are also low as people do not lead a lavish life. Transport is limited, no trains and not many people own cars
Goods and services footprint low as not many people can afford to spend money

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First world country
However, we are going on a sustainable route
Human population not high
We tackle waste management with plans to reduce waste
Education to the people since young
Despite being one of the richest Asian countries. We do not lead a lavish lifestyle
Housing and Food footprints might be high but carbon footprint is greatly reduced.
COE and fuel taxes to discourage people to buy a car
Subsidies public transport fares as compared to places like Hong Kong
Policies to ensure our appliances are environmentally friendly

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- take public transport when going to work or if possible cycle or walk as it is more environmentally friendly
- go digital, instead of paper notes and documents use digital ones to reduce amount of paper used
- use LED lights as it uses less energy since offices requires more lighting.

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The country is divided into developing and the first world and also industrial parts.
High human population, high food footprint
Factories give off a lot of carbon footprint
A lot of houses in city areas which has high housing footprint

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- raise awareness, as that will educate people about carbon footprints and the negative impacts they bring
- switch off the air con when not in use as air conditioning uses a lot of electrical energy.
- reduce, reuse and recycle in school especially paper

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Urbanized city
First world country
Factories and Power Plants have a very huge carbon footprint
The citizens have a high food footprint. Obesity rate high
Carbon footprint high as most people own cars and do not take public transport due to convenience reasons
Housing footprint even higher. Americans lavish lifestyle
Goods and Services footprint is also high. Good and stable economy, therefore, more money to spend

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- In areas with low population density, there is more land area per person with more resourcees available for each person
- This can increase each person's average ecological footprint if they use more resources in their lives

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- using as much natural light as possible can reduce the amount of electricity used
- change diet to a more plant based one because the livestock farming produces a lot of greenhouse gases
- switch to companies that provide electricity from solar or wind power because energy from fossil fuel produces a lot emissions.

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Scope 1: Direct greenhouse (GHG) emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organization or individual (eg: fuel combustions in cars)

Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling

Scope 3: The result of activities from assets not owned or controlled by a reporting organization or individual, but is indirectly impacted in it's value chain

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To meet the demand of food for the rapidly growing global population, more and more land is being used up for raising livestock and growing crops
- Contributes to area of land used, increasing ecological footprint

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Larry: Pulau Ubin
Village area
Electricity not readily available.
No Food court and shopping malls therefore food footprint and carbon footprint is also lesser than Harry
No MRT and subway sandwich

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Consuming a lot of resources in your daily life, e.g. food, water, electricity, fuel
- Occurs especially in urban cities, where advanced technology requires a lot of electricity to power it (e.g. air-conditioners, fans, lights, televisions)

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Emissions that are the consequence of the activities of a person, but can also occur at sources owned or controlled by another person or entity.
Eg: Using electronic appliances, like a TV or Computer, where one does not emit carbon directly but has a consequence of carbon emission due to how electricity is created from the burning of fossil fuel.

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Purpose of measuring ecological footprint

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Purpose of measuring ecological footprint

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We can find out how much resources we are using up, so we can compare our resource usage with Earth’s biocapacity. If it’s exceeding Earth’s biocapacity, we know that we need to cut down on resource usage intensity.

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Emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by a person
Eg: Barbequing requires one to burn charcoal which releases carbon into the air

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Spending a lot of money and buying a lot of things
- Requires a lot of resources to meet the demand for products
- The more products are bought and disposed of, the more land area we need for disposal sites
- e.g. Fast fashion: People buy a lot of clothes in a short amount of time, so fashion companies require a lot of fabric and dye to meet this demand. However, fast fashion results in a lot of clothes being thrown away.

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Harry: Woodlands
Urbanized area, electricity readily available
Housing footprint such as Air conditional and TV usage are high
Carbon footprint High can take MRT whenever he want
Food footprint also high as food is easily accessible

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Ecological footprint:  Ecological footprint is the measure of the ecological assets that the given population or product produces the natural resources it consumes
Carbon footprint:  it is the measure of the impact your activities have on the amount of carbon dioxide produced through the burning of fossil fuels

the unit they used is in tonnes/tCO2e

Biocapacity:   It represents the productivity of its ecological assets (including cropland, grazing land, forest land, fishing grounds, and built-up land)
Biocapacity reserve:  If a region’s biocapacity exceeds its Ecological Footprint, it has a biocapacity reserve.

Ecological overshoot: means that when humans demand exceeds the nation’s biocapacity of their natural ecosystem. They are unable to regenerate in time to meet the demands of the population. (supply not enough to sustain for the demand)

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What contributes to ecological footprint?

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What contributes to ecological footprint?