Spotlight：Ecological footprint

[2016.11.16] 發表

【明報專訊】The Ecological Footprint is an accounting tool used to measure the land and sea areas mankind uses to provide what we take from nature. According to the analysis on Hong Kong's Ecological Footprint (生態足印報告), which the World Wide Fund For Nature Hong Kong (WWF-Hong Kong, 世界自然(香港)基金會) has published, the way Hong Kong people consume is a heavy burden to the earth. If all lived the way Hong Kong people do, they would need 3.9 earths.(sources: Ming Pao, WWF-Hong Kong)

■ English highway﹕ consume

To consume fuel, energy, time or food is to use, eat or drink it.

e.g. Those power plants consume large amounts of fossil fuel.

■ Game １

There is a number on every flower Bill has grown in the garden. Eason has picked one of them. Help Bill find the number on the missing flower.

■ Game ２

The bicycle is environmentally-friendly transport. Dr Panda is planning to travel between the base and the market on a bicycle instead of doing so on a motorbike. However, the mischievous Eason has put many locks on one of the bike's wheels! How many locks are there?

(Answers on next text)

■ Glossary

burden (n) 負擔

pick (v) 摘

environmentally-friendly (adj) 環保的

mischievous (adj) 惡作劇的