a) Discuss the relationships between GDP, ecological footprint, population size, and bio-capacity. Which variables tend to move together (when one increases, the other increases)? Which tend to move in opposite directions?

b) What variables influence whether countries are bio-capacity debtors or bio-capacity creditors? Discuss in light of environmental justice and equity.

c) What about someone's lifestyle and his own structural reality (being a New Yorker in the 21st Century) influences his ecological footprint size? Be sure to support the answer with direct reference to someone's result (one's ecological footprint (5.7 gha) , and how this footprint compares quantitatively to the average American's (10 gha) )

d) Do you think a person's 5.7 gha ecological footprint would change substantially if the person lived in another part of the world? Explain.

e) What are some sources of error in evaluating ecological footprint (5.7 gha) thru online calculator?Is there anything that might have added to the accuracy of these surveys and results?

online calculator link: https://data.footprintnetwork.org

f) What is the role of the individual in 21st Century environmental responsibility and sustainability? What is the role of governments, non- profits, and corporations? Defend your response.

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