Thursday, July 16, 2009

Ecological Footprint

The Ecological footprint of the world population is devastating when we look at the bigger picture.
We continue to analyse this based on categories of energy , water, natural resources,waste, transportation, pollution.
But whichever way we look at this picture, it comes down to one thing. We are all responsible.

Ecological footprint is currently a big issue, and the root for multidimensional problems including global warming and the resulting effects such as the changes on the weather/climate patterns, loss of plants biodiversity of which is a big significance on medical science etc
There are many problems resulting from the extremely high collective eco score of the world population (I'm sure we can all think of a few or research online).

Without a major change of human habits, environmental sustainability will continue to be just another academic subject and media hyper.

In my opinion, having community platforms to promote environmental awareness and creative green ideas that can be implemented at household levels, will have a positive influence on the mindset of the next generation.

Raising awareness should be a continuous non- isolated process.
Changed consumer habits will encourage producers to be more aware of their impact on the environment.
With consumers contribution, environmental sustainability could be the main price determining factor for the future.

Creative/innovative green ideas that are easy to implement on household level, can also be a way to save or earn extra money, and even become self employed.

Reducing EF is everyone's responsibility. It is a step by step progress that has to be sustained bottom -up and top-down.

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