Crew Resources

Ecological footprint

Land and sea area required to support the resource demands and absorb the wastes of a given population

Scale of a footprint

Ecological and carbon footprint. Begins at the scale of one person. Can scale up to a city, region, or country scale (average citizen). What/who is ignored in the footprint?

What about Canada?

Developing fossil fuels is the single biggest source GHGs in Canada. Oil and gas 28%. Transportation 22%. Building 16%. Growth in this sector is responsible for much of our growing footprint and 23% emissions increase between 2005-2019. Transportation is the other big factor-trucking/shipping/flying people and stuff across the huge country

Different sources, different impact

upstram, midstream, and downstream

Upstream

Energy cost to get oil. Additional stuff that sneaks out (eg, methane, natural gas).

Midstream

Getting it to market. Transportation and refining, etc

Downstream

Actual use

Where do upstream emissions come from?

Multiple sources-but flaring of natural gas released by drilling

Canada

Responsible for only 2% of GHG global emissions. But makes up only 0.5% of global population. Per Capita emissions are among the largest in the world

Pick a side, make an argument

Ecological footprints are a useful tool for addressing the climate crisis. OR Ecological footprints are a distraction that protects industry from responsiblity

CREW

Claim, reason, evidence, and warrent