Portfolio (Core Assessment) Global Sustainability

I have done the quiz.

Second Step:

I would define the ecological footprint is that a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems, the amount of natural capital used each year. I have completed the Footprint Calculator personal lifestyle quiz at the Global Footprint Network website and I have chosen United State. After I finished the quiz, it came a result of my Ecological Footprint. The result that came up after I finished the quiz was that many activities impact our Footprint. If everyone lived like me, we would need 7.1 Planet Earths to provide enough resources.

In the dialog, it shows how my Ecological Footprint breaks down:

1) Food 24%

2) Shelter 7%

3) Mobility 33%

4) Goods 8%

5) Services 28%

To support my lifestyle, it takes 31.4 global acres of the Earth’s productive area.

These information surprised me. The reason that I thought it is surprised me, is that I really consume Ecological Footprint. The "three pillars" are social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Third Step:

Venezuela

First of all, I will define the ecological footprint. It is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems, the amount of natural capital used each year. Venezuela has some of the world's largest proven oil deposits as well as huge quantities of coal, iron ore, bauxite and gold.

Yet most Venezuelans live in poverty, many of them in shanty towns, some of which sprawl over the hillsides around the capital, Caracas.

Venezuela's economic fortunes are tied to world oil prices. A 1970s boom largely benefited the middle classes, but a subsequent price collapse condemned many of this class to poverty while eroding the living standards of the already impoverished.

The population in millions 27.66, and the Ecological Footprint in gha/pers 2.89. Geographically Venezuela is located in the Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. Venezuela is one of the 10 most biodiverse countries on the planet. Venezuela has an environmental issues.

In this graph, it shows the tracks per-person Ecological Footprint.

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