World Envionment Day

Reducing our ecological footprint is the beginning of repairing our relationship with the Earth. The Ecological Footprint is the metric that allows us how to calculate human pressure on the planet and come up with facts, such as: If everyone lived the lifestyle of the average Australian we would need 4 planets. Humanity needs what nature provides, but how do we know how much we’re using and how much we have to use? The Ecological Footprint provides us with an answer by measuring our demand on our Earths resources.

Today humanity uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste. This means it now takes the Earth one year and six months to regenerate what we use in a year.

Australia has one of the world's largest ecological footprints per capita, requiring 6.6 global hectares per person. Over 50% of Australia's footprint is due to greenhouse gas emissions, with the average household emitting around 14 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.

If the world’s population used resources at the same rate as Sydneysiders, we would require 3 to 4 planets of resources each year to sustain our lifestyle into the future.

Randwick, Waverley and Woollhara Councils and their communities are working together to help reduce the community-wide Ecological Footprint of residents living in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.

More info at http://www.thinkeatsave.org/