AMGUEDDFEYDD AC ORIELAU CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
NATIONAL MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF WALES
Each day this rabbit eats 1 metre square of grass in order to
survive. She lives in a 3 metre square garden, and it takes 11
days for 1 metre square of grass to grow back. What
problems might this rabbit face in the future?
1 metre
1 metre
Each day this rabbit eats 1 metre square of grass in order to
survive. She lives in a 3 metre square garden, and it takes 11
days for 1 metre square of grass to grow back. What
problems might this rabbit face in the future?
1 metre
1 metre
Day 1
Each day this rabbit eats 1 metre square of grass in order to
survive. She lives in a 3 metre square garden, and it takes 11
days for 1 metre square of grass to grow back. What
problems might this rabbit face in the future?
1 metre
1 metre
Day 2
Each day this rabbit eats 1 metre square of grass in order to
survive. She lives in a 3 metre square garden, and it takes 11
days for 1 metre square of grass to grow back. What
problems might this rabbit face in the future?
1 metre
1 metre
Day 3 etc …
Eekk!
By day nine the rabbit will run out of grass.
How many square metres of land does the
rabbit need to survive?
The rabbit would require a patch of land of 11 metres
square in order to survive, and 12 to live comfortably.
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Therefore we can say that 12 metres square of land
are required to support 1 rabbit.
So, although her actual footprint may only be this size:
her global footprint is 12 metres
square
What about humans? How much land do you think
we need?
More or less than a rabbit?
What do you think?
If the world’s useable land is divided by the number people
living on the earth…
=
(or two hectares)
…then we each have two international rugby pitches
from which to source everything we need to survive
for 1 year!
Do you think this is enough space? What do we use land for?
List everything that man uses land for.
Man uses land to:
Grow food
Make and source
buildings
Store waste
Make energy
Not every person in the world uses their ‘fair share’ of
space that is available to them.
Do you think some people use more than two rugby
pitches worth? If so where would you expect them to
live?
Look at this list and decide whether the average person
living in that country uses MORE, LESS or their FAIR
SHARE of land.
India
Less
Africa
Less
France
More
America
More
Wales
More
Use your voting cards before clicking for the answer.
The National Assembly for Wales recently
reported that the average person living in Wales
uses 5 pitches worth of land each year!
This is more than twice our ‘FAIR SHARE’!
Therefore, although your actual footprint may
be this big:
Your global footprint covers 5 rugby pitches!
So, like the rabbit, we are ‘eating’ away at the
world’s resources. Obviously, we are not eating
grass but we are using up too much of the world’s
resources.
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1 metre
Resources like: electricity, heating, water, paper
and petrol for cars. In fact, we are using more than
twice our fair share. What problems might we face
in the future?
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1 metre
Just as the rabbit was eating too much grass, we are
using the world’s resources too quickly. We are
using twice as much of the world’s resources and
soon they will run out!
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1 metre
If everyone lived as we do in Wales we would
need two and a half worlds!
2.5 worlds
If everyone lived like the Americans we would
need five worlds!
How many worlds do we have?
ONE
WORLD
We must learn
to live
differently,
learn to use the
world’s
resources
sensibly.
We must learn to use these
resources more sensibly and not
to waste them
…..before they run out.
Put your hands up if you have ever been told
off for leaving a light on. We all waste
electricity, heat, water or paper from time to
time…
It’s a bad habit that we need to break!
Global Footprint Quiz!
Let’s look at your
lifestyle. Could you be
saving more of the
world’s resources?
Global Footprint Quiz!
Calculate your personal
Global Footprint to find
out: How many worlds
would we need if
everyone lived like you?
I get told off for leaving
doors open and letting
the heat out. I wear a
T-shirt at home in
winter.
I keep doors closed. I
wear a jumper indoors
in winter.
I walk or travel to
school by bike or
bus.
I travel to school by
car.
I take lots of baths,
have a dishwasher,
hosepipe etc.
I take mostly
showers, and I don’t
have a dishwasher or
hosepipe.
I go on holiday on a
plane.
I go on holiday close to
home.
I share books & comics
with friends when I
finish reading them.
I often buy new
books and comics.
I re-use & recycle as
much as I can.
I do not re-use or
recycle, I throw
everything away.
I leave my TV,
computer or video
game on when I’m not
using them.
I always switch things
off if they are not
being used.
You
eat
locally
In my
house
we grown
grow
food
andfood
haveorlittle
our own
we buy
food
fromwaste.
our local farm.
In my house we shop at
the supermarket.
Global Footprint Quiz!
How many worlds
would we need if
everyone lived like you?
Global Footprint Quiz!
Will you try to use less
energy? Could you
recycle more?
AMGUEDDFEYDD AC ORIELAU CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
NATIONAL MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF WALES