This is one of 28 reports that provide the background for the Genuine Progress Indicators (GPI) System of Sustainable Well-being Accounts. It provides more detail on the Alberta ecological footprint analysis that was earlier published in Sustainability Trends 2000: The Genuine Progress Statement for Alberta, 1961 to 1999. The research for this report was completed near the end of 2000. This report answers the following questions:
- What is the ecological footprint of Albertans?
- How has the ecological footprint changed since 1961 in Alberta?
- How does Alberta's per person ecological footprint compare with Canada's and those of other regions of the world?
- What are the major contributors to Alberta's ecological footprint?
- How do the ecological footprints of those in different income brackets compare?
- How do the per-person ecological footprints for Edmonton and Calgary differ from each other and from the provincial average?
- What is the forecasted ecological footprint change in Alberta and Canada during the next 20 years?
- What is the correlation between Alberta's ecological footprint and consumption?
- How can the ecological footprint be applied to create a more sustainable Alberta?
