World Youth Congress 2005

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Sustainable Consumption, the IYPF and You
World Youth Congress 2005 Stirling, Scotland
presented by Keith Tauro International Young
Professionals Foundation
www.iypf.org
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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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What is Sustainable Consumption?

• What do you think is Sustainable Consumption?
• 5 points on what SC means to you
• Share with rest of the group

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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What is the Ecological Footprint?

• Ecological Footprint is the land and water area
  that is required to support a defined human
  population and material standard indefinitely,
  using prevailing technology
• In English ???
• What is the impact of our lifestyle on the earths
  resources

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• Online SC resources
• How the IYPF can help you?

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Evaluate your Ecological Footprint

• How does your lifestyle affect the planet?
• Use the handout to estimate the impact you have
  on the Earths Environment
  
• What are the Ecological Footprints
• Highest
• Lowest
• Average is that sustainable?

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?

• What can we do to reduce our EF
• Your ideas in your life
• Share with the group

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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Sustainable Consumption in your Community

• What can you do to encourage Sustainable
  Consumption in your community?
  
• For example, how can water be better protected
• Or how can alternate sources of energy be used

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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How can the IYPF help you?

• Access our online SC resources at
• www.iypf.org/
• Use expertise of the IYPF Implementation Team
• To conduct SC related events in your community
• Start an SC related project

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Agenda

• What is Sustainable Consumption?
• What is the Ecological Footprint?
• Evaluate your own EF
• How can SC become a part of your lifestyle?
• SC in your community
• How the IYPF can help you?
• Online SC resources

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Online SC Resources

• The best EF available
• http//www.ecofoot.org
• Join and contribute to Online SC communities
• http//www.iypf.org/IYPF-projects.htmYouthSC
• Access resources from the IYPF

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Thank You
International Young Professionals
Foundationwww.iypf.org