1. Sustainability
The degree to which Earth is able to provide the resources necessary to meet people’s needs.
Ecological Footprint
Dividing the bio productive area of Earth by the total population reveals that 1.89 hectares of productive area are available for each person

2. Crash of Newfoundland's fishery’s
Newfoundland was renown for their Cod fisheries
European interest in Canada increased as a result of the massive Cod stocks that it arguably was a factor for why Europeans began colonization of Canada
Cod have been fished for centuries in Newfoundland but that all came to a grinding halt in 1992

3. The Global Fishing State
About 90% of the global fish stocks have been depleted.
It is estimated that fish stocks will collapse by 2050

4. The Resource Gap
The gap between the resources the earth can reasonably supply — 1.89 hectares per person
and what the people of the world now consume — 2.8 hectares per person

5. Population Growth
Over the next four or five decades, the world’s population is expected to grow by two to five billion.
The Problem….
The earth’s resources are fixed

6. Sustainability Stewardship
Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of future generations
Stewardship
Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources.

7. Consumption of Resources
United Nations, are warning that consumption at the current rate will affect sustainability
These individuals and groups are promoting the idea of environmental stewardship
Which means accepting responsibility to make sure earth resources remain sustainable

8. Kyoto
1997 conference in Kyoto, Japan, 141 countries, including Canada, signed
Goals The Kyoto Protocol called on countries to reduce green house gas emissions to 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels by Canada set
a target of 6 per cent
In Canada, plans focused on reducing fossil-fuel use 2004, Canada’s emissions were 27 per cent higher than 1990 levels
Canada has made no progress toward achieving its Kyoto targets

9. Kyoto 1997
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it.

10. Copenhagen Accord 2009
The Copenhagen Accord, a political agreement struck by world leaders at the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, calls on participating countries to pledge specific actions they will undertake to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

11. Paris Climate Conference 2015
Currently on going

12. Ecological Footprint
a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate
As of 2009 Canada has the 9th largest footprint in the world

14. Calculating Your Footprint
Please visit the following websites and determine your personal footprint and record:
Your footprint in hectares
Whether it is above or below the global average
Whether it is above or below the Canadian Average
We will calculate our classes ecological footprint

15. Average Canadian The average Canadian footprint is 7.6 hectares
The Global average is 2.6 hectares
Humanity's demand on the planet is more than 50% larger than what nature can renew.
We are currently using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities – if everyone on Earth lived as the average Canadian does, we’d need 3.7 planets to support our demand.

16. Ways to reduce your hectares
Individually I want you to come up with 3 ways you personally can reduce the amount of hectares you use
Come together as a table group and produce 10 ways you can reduce your total hectares
Once finished swap half of your table members with another group. In this new group come up with 10 new ways you can reduce your total hectares
Once completed return to your groups
As a class lets determine one realistic way to reduce all our hectares