Ecological footprint Tallinn 2011
Dec 18, 2015
What is this?Measure of human demand on the Earth's
ecosystem
We can estimate:- how much of the Earth
- or how many planet Earths
it would take to support humanity if everybody
lived a given lifestyle.
The world-average ecological footprint in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person.
This is far too much!!
An inquiry about ecological footprint was
conducted in our school
74 students took part in that treatise
House and commodity expenses
0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1
1,2
House with 10 or moreapartments
0,975 0,629
Up to 9 apartemnts in house 0,949 0,444
House 1,187 0,61
House Commodity
Transport expenses
0,2
0,133
0,697
House
Up to 9 apartement in house
House with 10 or moreapartements
To conclude….Our school’s average ecological footprint is 2,31
It is still high, but lower than World’s average
How to reduce your ecological footprint
Electricity
Monitoring of water use
Waching and discussing films about consumption, garbage sorting and global
warming
ESTONIA
Estonian electricityEstonia produces electricity from oil shale
1 ton of oil shale gives 850 kWh of electricity
The production of oil shale electricity leaves ash hills and pollutes air
Estonia also has green electricity produced by wind and water
Observation weeks FIRST WEEK: we did our usual things…watched TVand listened to
the radioused the computer as much
as we likedleft all appliances to stand-by
modeleft on the lights in the
kitchen, etc.
SECOND WEEK:we started saving
electricity…we were more outside we didn’t watch so much
TVused less computersdisconnected appliances
Results
FIRST WEEK
the families total
usage of electricity -
647 kWh
SECOND WEEK
the families total
usage of electricity –
460 kWh
We saved 187kW
Electricity saving in school2 ordinary weeks and 2 saving weeksWithin the ordinary weeks we spent
4705 kWh & 3607 kWhWithin the saving weeks we spent
3769 kWh & 3500 kWh
We saved about 1000 kWh of electricity
You too can save electricity!
If someone isn’t in the room then turn off the
lights
If your family has two TV-s, then watch one TV
Do not leave your appliances in the stand-by
mode, unplug them
Spend more time outside!
Monitoring of water usage in homesThe principle of this study was :
a)to get to know people's domestic water consumption
b)To make them consume less
We had two observation weeks
The usual week and saving week USUAL WEEK
We used water as usual
The main water-consuming appliances:
- washing machine
- coffee pot
- kettle
SAVING WEEKWe tried to save as much
as possibleSuggestions:
1) If you wash your teeth don’t keep the water running!
2) Do not wash the dishes under running water!
ResultsTHE USUAL WEEK
The average of consuming:
warm water-64,684 m³
cold water -61,425 m³.
THE SAVING WEEK
The average of consuming:
warm water-63,924 m³
cold water -61,127 m³Hot water - 0,76m³
Cold water - 0,298m³SAVINGS
Estonian Green Party leader´s lecture
Green Party leader Marek Strandberg gave a lecture about consumption and showed a movie
If we continue the similar type of behaviour:
- The U.S. would need 5 Earths
- Estonia would need 3 Earths
- China would need 1.4 Earths
Watching moviesAlmost every grade watched some ecological movie
5th grade - about sorting trash - ,,Help recycling’’
9th grade - about greener economy options - ,,Good new world’’
7th-8th grade - about ecosystems and the plants in it - ,,Intelligent plants’’
11th grade - about global ecology problems - ,,Home’’
Activities after movies:
11th grade - open discussion about subject
7th and 8th grade - discussed film with Green Party leader and answered questions about film
5th and 9th grade – had a workshop-competition
- Make Your Own Ecological Board Game -
Board Games Competition5th and 9th grade students competed in
inventing ecological board games
The best-looking game - from 5th gradeThe best ideas in game - from 9th grade
Winners were from 5th grade
Some good ideas and advices: Enjoy Your day, but use garbage bin!
Do not leave Your used gum everywere!
Hug a tree!
Buy nothing today!
The garbage-sorting is really fun!
You can change world – you can start it now and from yourself!