sustainability

Question 1

what are the 4 goals of sustainability?

Answer 1

• leaving our communities / regions / world in a healthy state for future generations
• evaluating the community, environmental / economic effects of our actions
• thinking differently- being more innovative and collaborative
• making smarter decisions about our lifestyle, community design, infrastructure and financial decisions

Question 2

what are the 3 areas that overlap, determining sustainability?

Answer 2

planet / people / profit

Question 3

what is an ecological footprint?

Answer 3

the amount of space required to support someone’s lifestyle

Question 4

what is productive land?

Answer 4

the amount of productive land per capita (in hectares) to support the most important human activities

Question 5

what are the 5 types of productive land?

Answer 5

• energy land
• degraded land
• crop land
• pasture land
• forested land

Question 6

what is energy land?

Answer 6

conventional energy sources

Question 7

what is degraded land?

Answer 7

land converted to nonproductive uses

Question 8

what is the average canadian’s ecological footprint?

Answer 8

7.25 ha

Question 9

what is someone living in york region’s ecological footprint?

Answer 9

8.28 ha

Question 10

how many hectares does canada have per person?

Answer 10

1.9 ha

Question 11

what is carrying capacity?

Answer 11

the number of people that could be supported at current living standards by canada’s productive land