Analysis Of Eco Footprint

Eco footprint My current ecological footprint is around 2.8 global hectares and if everyone adapts my lifestyle, we would require a generative capacity of 1.6 planets each year. My ecological footprint is largest in the area of mobility and shelter (Global Footprint Network, 2016). I got really amazed with the results because I saw many people with more expensive lifestyle. I am also worried about the fact that I am misusing the resources and creating damage to the ecosystem. In my opinion the three action that I should take to reduce my footprint are

• Use the public transportation system instead of my car when I am going alone to a place

• Shift to a smaller house

• Change my eating hobbits

Week Sustainability “Week sustainability assumes

A strongly sustainable business creates positive environmental, social and economic value throughout its value chain and network and creating the possibility that human and other forms of life in the nature can co-exist in the planet forever (Upward,2014, 8:17). In the traditional model of business, people believe that the primary aim of business is to create financial profits but those who follow strong sustainability model understands that the financial system is something which the society created and the society has far more concerns than just economy and the society is entirely depend on the environmental factors like clean air, water and fertile soil. In the absence of free air, water and soil, the society will go bankrupt and all of us will be out of business (Ayres, 2014, para

So it is always better to find a middle path between the two models. To do that, we need to classify natural resources into renewable and non- renewable and follow the strong from of sustainability when using non-renewable sources and use the week form when using renewable natural resources.

Question 3 My world view is aligned with strong sustainability because I believe that it is our responsibility to preserve the nature for the future generations. The week sustainability models essentially results in the degradation of the ecosystem and it pose a threat to our own existence on earth. But most of the business model exists today is based on the profit maximisation model. But these models which neglects the ecological consequences and the unintended consequences of their business decisions is not viable in the long term. So in the real world there is always a trade-off between the above two