By the ecological foot casting the surface on earth is understood, which is necessary, in order to make the life-style and standard of living possible of humans durably. That includes surfaces, which are needed for the production of its clothes and food or for the supply by energy, but e.g. also for the dismantling of the garbage produced by it or for binding the carbon dioxide set free by its activities.

The concept was developed 1994 by Mathis Wackernagel and William E. Rees. 2003 were created by Wackernagel global the Footprint network, which among other things of the Wangari leading seaman shark, which founder of the World Watch of institute Lester Brown and Ernst Ulrich von are supported.

Data

The world-wide available surface for the fulfilment of the human needs is exceeded after data global of the Footprint network and the European Environment Agency altogether by 23%. Afterwards with present consumption per person 2.2 hectars are stressed, it are available however only 1.8 hectar. The recourse to of the surface distributes itself very differently on the different regions. For example Europe (EU25 and Switzerland) needs 4.7 hectars per person, can however only 2.3 hectars to themselves at the disposal put. This means an overstressing of the European bio capacity over over 100%. France stresses therefore approximately the double, Germany for instance the two-and-one-half times and Great Britain the three-way of the available bio capacity.

See also

• Ecological backpack
• Borders of growth

Literature

• Meadows, Dennis L. et al.: Limit ton of Growth: The 30-Year update. Chelsea Green Publishing company 2004, ISBN 1-93-149858-X (English)
• Wuppertal Institut for climate, environment and energy (Hrsg.): Fair Future - a report Wuppertal of the institute. Limited resources and global justice. 2. Edition. Publishing house C.H. Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3406527884 (a clear definition on page 36 offers.)

Related links

• Global Footprint network
• Training aids and expert contributions to the ecological foot casting on verbraucherbildung.de, the education portal consumer center of the Federal association registered association.
• Action of the federation youth to the ecological foot casting
• Encyclopedia of the lastingness: Ecological foot casting
• Quiz for the computation of the individual "ecological foot casting"

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