Sustainability The degree to which Earth is able to provide the resources necessary to meet people’s needs. Ecological Footprint Dividing the bio productive area of Earth by the total population reveals that 1.89 hectares of productive area are available for each person

Crash of Newfoundland's fishery’s Newfoundland was renown for their Cod fisheries European interest in Canada increased as a result of the massive Cod stocks that it arguably was a factor for why Europeans began colonization of Canada Cod have been fished for centuries in Newfoundland but that all came to a grinding halt in 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWfqZggtM_w

The Global Fishing State About 90% of the global fish stocks have been depleted. It is estimated that fish stocks will collapse by 2050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkvfiNrIdvA

The Resource Gap The gap between the resources the earth can reasonably supply — 1.89 hectares per person and what the people of the world now consume — 2.8 hectares per person

Population Growth Over the next four or five decades, the world’s population is expected to grow by two to five billion. The Problem…. The earth’s resources are fixed

Sustainability Stewardship Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of future generations Stewardship Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources.

Consumption of Resources United Nations, are warning that consumption at the current rate will affect sustainability These individuals and groups are promoting the idea of environmental stewardship Which means accepting responsibility to make sure earth resources remain sustainable

Kyoto 1997 conference in Kyoto, Japan, 141 countries, including Canada, signed Goals The Kyoto Protocol called on countries to reduce green house gas emissions to 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. Canada set a target of 6 per cent In Canada, plans focused on reducing fossil-fuel use 2004, Canada’s emissions were 27 per cent higher than 1990 levels Canada has made no progress toward achieving its Kyoto targets

Kyoto 1997 The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it.

Copenhagen Accord 2009 The Copenhagen Accord, a political agreement struck by world leaders at the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, calls on participating countries to pledge specific actions they will undertake to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Paris Climate Conference 2015 Currently on going https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo5ca1dMbEc

Ecological Footprint a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate As of 2009 Canada has the 9th largest footprint in the world

Calculating Your Footprint Please visit the following websites and determine your personal footprint and record: Your footprint in hectares Whether it is above or below the global average Whether it is above or below the Canadian Average We will calculate our classes ecological footprint http://footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/ http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/

Average Canadian The average Canadian footprint is 7.6 hectares The Global average is 2.6 hectares Humanity's demand on the planet is more than 50% larger than what nature can renew. We are currently using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities – if everyone on Earth lived as the average Canadian does, we’d need 3.7 planets to support our demand.

Ways to reduce your hectares Individually I want you to come up with 3 ways you personally can reduce the amount of hectares you use Come together as a table group and produce 10 ways you can reduce your total hectares Once finished swap half of your table members with another group. In this new group come up with 10 new ways you can reduce your total hectares Once completed return to your groups As a class lets determine one realistic way to reduce all our hectares