Myfootprint.org - Ecological Footprint Calculator

The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the highest rates in the world. Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons. To have the best chance of avoiding a 2℃ rise in global temperatures, the average global carbon footprint per year needs to drop to under 2 tons by 2050.

The Ecological Footprint is the only metric that measures how much nature we have and how much nature we use . The Footprint helps: ... On the demand side, the Ecological Footprint measures the ecological assets that a given population requires to produce the natural resources it consumes (including plant-based food and fiber products, livestock and fish products, timber and other forest products, space for urban infrastructure) and to absorb its waste, especially carbon emissions.

Your ecological footprint shows the area of land and water required to produce the goods you consume, and assimilate the waste you create. There are 1.6 global hectares available for each person on earth.

Your ecological footprint (and everyone’s for that matter) is affected by every single thing you do. From from the amount of water used at home, to the leaky kitchen tap, the morning coffee on your way to work, the choice of more energy-efficient appliances, eating more processed food or using cars…In fact it’s all connected.