Changing our lifestyle

Sustainable Development World population & Ecological Footprint World Happiness Energy Efficiency House Food Transport Indirect Emissions

Sustainable Development =

A development, which does not reduce the development options of the future generations by deteriorating the natural environment

Ecological Footprint

how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes under prevailing technology

Footprint by region

Happiness

Energy Efficiency

Check out the energy class of appliances (A, B, C)

Light bulbs Moderate Air conditioning

Hightech Clothes Drying equipment

Using Solar and Wind Energy, ….. ….and a Healthy Exercise !

Freiburg (Germany)

Food

Buy LOCAL (food miles). Food typically travels

2,500 km

Buy organic (fertilizers come from Oil) Buy without packaging Less eat meat:

1kg beef CO2 = 250km European car Flatulences CH4

Food & Sport

Public transport: Shared bikes in “small” cities (Oslo, Barcelona, Paris)

400. 000 Americans die every year

due to overweight

Transport

SUV (18 millions in USA)

VS

88 g CO2 / km383g CO2 / km

104g CO2 / km

Paris – Marseille (800km)

Without Check in and Transport to the airport

Indirect emissions

China : 2007 1st CO2 emitter Oil and Gaz producers