11+-+Sustainability+&+the+Future

=Sustainability and the Future= Your footprint - redux - Take the [|Consumer Consequences/Sustainability Simulation]. You will need to collect information from your parent/s or whoever pays the utility bills...

The Magic Washing Machine

Problem Set 8: Ecological Footprints and Sustainability
Use the following resources cited (or in place of those cited) in the packet:

Question: Website or alternative 1. There is no person/hour growth rate, so skip letters b & d [|US Census Bureau Population Clock]

2. [|Global Footprint Network] Version. This is the one we used at the beginning of the year. The [|Earthday Network Footprint Calculator]. Take this one as well.

3. Go by the recommendation of 12% of what we use should be devoted to the un-developed biosphere. The Bruntland report in full is available [|here].

4. We'll be going out to the front lawn and using a trundle wheel.

5. See the population clock for question 1 (both US and world populations available)

6. You will have to look up the current population of Mexico. Try to get data that is less than a year old.

7. No additional resources needed...

8. Choose only one of the letters to answer in written form

9. Skip this question.

There will be an essay on your final about your personal results on these calculators. You may make notes on your own page on this wiki but you may not use handwritten notes.

Sustainability can be applied to each of the resources and areas of study you encountered this year. Natural cycles - Water, Carbon, Nitrogen, Natural Resources
 * Water
 * Air (atmosphere and climate)
 * Land (agriculture & minerals)
 * Energy (renewable & non-renewable)
 * Biological (plant & animal)

[|The Places We Live]

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