Sustainability, Population, and Affluence
Calculate two different Ecological Footprints (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
o Use the tool (select Ecological Footprints above) to calculate your footprint
o Use the tool to calculate the footprint of a typical person in another country. Chose a country at the survival, pre-modern, or modern stage of development.
2. Craft a brief paper (between 700 and 1000 words) discussing the concept of sustainability and how population and development level impacts sustainability.
o Compare your calculated footprint with someone living in a society with a different stage of development. Name the country and its level in the paper.
o Discuss how the results are calculated, and give your opinion, with justification, on whether this is a reasonable approach.