Chapter+1+-+Introduction+to+Environmental+Science

CLASS NOTES


**RESOURCES**

Math Practice: [|Practice converting units]

**Ecological Footprint Calculators**
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2.http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/

After you have calculated your ecological footprint, answer the following questions:
 * 1) What contributed most to your footprint?
 * 2) What steps could you take that would have the largest impact on reducing your footprint?
 * 3) Less-developed countries tend to have smaller ecological footprints (per person) than more-developed countries. Why is that?

This is the original ``Tragedy of the Commons'' article from the journal //Science//, 1968.

A paper examining the conclusions of the TotC paper (above) 30 years later.