How can the Ecological Footprint be used to engage the public and politicians?
It is a valuable and effective visualising tool for educators, and can be used with children, young people and adults.
The Ecological Footprint creates simple mental images from complex statistics and can be used by decision-makers to think about the ‘big picture’ and compare between different policy options.
Various studies have shown that the Footprint can be an effective tool in school education including in Scotland, for example, where exercises have been supported by an interactive software tool and materials.