Global sustainbility

As a part of this assignment, I have to examine my ecological footprint about my homeland country, but since I was not able to examine my ecological footprint about Saudi Arabia, so I decided to examine my ecological footprint about Canada. I have lived there for 3 years. Thus, I had some useful information to add in my first assignment.

As a part of step #2, I would like to summarize my ecological footprint about Canada. First of all, I was shocked that that my ecological footprint was 6.6, which is below the Calgary’s average. It also seems that my current consumption requires an area of productive land equivalent to 8.1 Canadian football fields. Moreover, I was really shocked about the result that I received after taking the test. Before taking the test, I thought that my highest consumption in my ecological footprint is about food, but after taking the test, it turns out that my highest consumption in my ecological footprint is about services.

After taking the test, I have learned many things that will accomplish my achievement towards global sustainability. First of all, as shown in my ecological footprint, I have to reduce my household energy use. For instance, use highly efficient bulbs, and turn off thermostat when not occupied. Consequently, this will save energy in my household. I also have to purchase locally grown foods that require less transportation. Lastly, try to minimize the one-time purchase goods. In another word, I have to purchase goods that I can reuse it for a later time.

To sum up, I think the footprint calculator is very effective and very measurable in terms of the three pillars. Because it gives you information about your personal ecological footprint and the average footprint for the rest of the country. It also gives you recommendations about increasing the efficient way to cope with your ecological footprint.

According to www.eureapa.net , it can be clearly seen that food is the most consumption in all products. In addition of that, when exploring more about food, I realized that people in Italy are more into vegetables and nuts instead of animal products. Hence, I think that it will effect the environment negatively. You can refer to the picture below to verify the information.

According to www.footprintnetwork.org, it declares that “the quality of country results varies”.

As you can see from the graph below, the footprint of Italy has unstable trend throughout the period from 1961 to 2011. It also scored the quality assessment 1-6 scale.

Works Cited:

https://www.eureapa.net/explore/?region_id=13&impactgroup_id=1#

https://www.eureapa.net/explore/?productgroup_id=2&region_id=13&impactgroup_id=1

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/trends/italy/