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Sustainable Management Metropolia, Business Ethics IP week.

Sustainable Management Metropolia, Business Ethics IP week. 4 Ecological Footprint; measuring human impact. The Big Question. Can Human Development go hand in hand with Sustainable Lifestyle? For Human Development we need Economic Development

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Sustainable Management Metropolia, Business Ethics IP week.

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  1. Sustainable ManagementMetropolia, Business Ethics IP week. 4 Ecological Footprint; measuring human impact

  2. The Big Question • Can Human Development go hand in hand with Sustainable Lifestyle? • For Human Development we need Economic Development • Economic Development leads to higher Environmental Impact ( Ecological Footprint)

  3. From world values survey 1990, 1996 • Under 10k US$ per capita, more income is very effective in increasing Life Expectancy

  4. Relation LE and Income

  5. From world values survey 1990, 1996 • Direct question: would you say you are: • Very happy • Quite happy • Not very happy • Not at all happy • Don’t know • Under 9K US$, increase in income adds a lot to subjective feeling of happiness

  6. Relation EF and Income

  7. Econ. Dev. needed to become Sustainable Poor countries more involved in survival, low level of well-being Rich countries are involved in life-styles (like sustainability), high well-being

  8. Increase in footprint

  9. Ecological Footprint per Country

  10. Human Development Index (HDI) 3 dimensions of Human Development Long, healthy life (life expectancy at birth) Knowledge (literacy and education enrolment) A decent standard of living (GDP in PPP)

  11. Human Development Index in 2007

  12. Trends of HDI and Earth Capacity ratio for 93 Countries between 1975-2003

  13. Conclusion Despite growing adoption of sustainable development as an explicit policy goal, most countries do not meet Human Development and Ecological Capacity minimum requirements

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