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Use of the Ecological Footprint tool by a Civil Society organisation

Gert Vandermosten

Policy worker VODO

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Content

• VODO?• How is EF used

– EF as awareness raising– EF as guide to behaviour change– EF as indicator

• Evaluation EF

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VODO?

Flemish Platform on Sustainable Development (member Anped)

-> Members: Development ngo’s , Environmental ngo’s , peace movements, consumers, socio-cultural organisations

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Ecological Footprint

Amount of ha earth you need to fulfill your current lifestyle

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EF awaireness raising

• Brochures,• Workshops: eg municipalities • Travelling exhibition• Schools: End Terms

-> Main Goals:– Knowledge on EF– Difference in EF – (Small) tips on EF

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EF and behaviour Change

Different EF Scans/calculators• Campaigns to reduce global EF

– Students (the Bet) – Households– Trade Unions– Firms, – Events (Rock Werchter) – Socio-Ecol impact Jeans

www.ecolife.be / wwf

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EF as Indicator

• EF in national accounts– GDP + EF + social indicators

• From EF to Ecological Debt

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Value EF

• Easy to communicate -> excellent as education model– Make population ‘ready’ for change

• But real (behaviour) change = minor– Focus on ‘coconuts’ not ‘peanuts’

• EF not equal Sustainability

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• Easy to identify Bottlenecks (~LCA)• EF as indicator

– Potential in national accounts– Need for Gender &

Income diversification

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Backup slides

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Model for SD