Ecological Footprint

The Ecological Footprint is an initiative from the Global Footprint Network to establish measures for the state of the biosphere.

Ecological footprint analysis measures the human impact on Earth’s ecosystems. Our ecological footprint is calculated in terms of the amount of land and sea that would be needed to sustainably yield the energy and materials we consume. According to the Global Footprint Network, at our current numbers and current rate of consumption we humans would need 1.5 Earths’ worth of resources to sustainably supply our current appetites.

The stated purpose is to:

The sources for the information come from: countries, local leaders, individuals.

Underneath the outputs is a large database of information collected over a number of years.

This helps both at an Earth level and at an ecosystem level.