This integrated media series is about my interest in humanity’s ecological footprint; a measurement of society’s demand on the environment and an approach to sustainability. It is a balancing act of resource consumption and waste discharge, every action taken towards using nature’s resources has an impact on Earth’s ecosystems, however is society playing fairly, or are they misplacing the value of nature in the act of mass consumption?

1. Humanity’s Identity on Earth www.oaklandmagazine.com

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6. The graph shows the percentage of consumption within the above components for the average citizen living in Toronto, Ontario. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment & Policy Development Office of the City of Toronto, the average Ecological Footprint for Toronto Ontario is 5.30 hectares. All data was received at http://canadianarchitect.com Toronto, Ontario

7. Demand World Biocapacity Ecological Footprint (number of planet Earths) This graph shows how humanity has moved from using half of Earth’s biocapacity in 1961 to over 1.25 times the biocapacity of the Earth in 2003. The global shortage of 0.25 Earths is equal to the globe’s ecological overshoot. All data received from http://www.footprintnetwork.org .

8. www.youropenbook.com