As the amount of people as well as the amount that they are consuming is rising, we are running out of resources. Nature is not capable of supplementing the resources during the same period as we are using it. So it is necessary to measure nature's capacity to meet our demands on our planet. So is possible via the Ecoloical Footprint calculator, which is world's leading measurement system of our demand on nature. 

It allows us to calculate human pressure on the planet. Therefore the  Ecological Footprint thus assesses whether the planet is large enough to keep up with the demands of humanity.

 

The Ecological Footprint exists of 3 footprints:

• Land footprint: which is the amount of land needed to produce a given quantity of material, taking into consideration differences in productivity of cropland in various regions and long term impacts on soil resources from various cotton growing methods.

• Water footprint: which measures the acre-feet of irrigation water needed to grow crops and the amount of water needed to disolve toxic concentrations of chemicals in order to safe levels.

• Carbon footprint: which measures the area needed to destroy or eliminate carbon emissions associated with planting, maintaining, and harvesting, irrigation, production of chemical inputs, and disposal of wastes.

 

Results of the Fiber Footprint are expressed in "global acres," which are standard units of area normalized to account for the differences in the ecological productivity.

 

Please click here, to measure you own ecological footprint, depending on your consumer behaviour, habbits and daily patterns.