ecological footprint

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noun

the amount of productive land appropriated on average by each person (in the world, a country, etc) for food, water, transport, housing, waste management, and other purposes

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Words nearby ecological footprint

école, E. coli, ecolodge, ecological, ecological efficiency, ecological footprint, ecological niche, ecology, ecomanagement, e-commerce, econ.

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How to use ecological footprint in a sentence

Every single one of them leaves a footprint online, however minor it may be.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We would have considered an algae bloom to be a welcome sign of ecological renewal.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the high ecological cost of palm oil, its cheap price has kept demand high.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees|Carrie Arnold|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The environmental cost to cure the wood is small, though the carbon footprint is high.
Brooklyn’s Booming Firewood Industry|Dale Eisinger|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Political dysfunction and economic dysfunction reinforce each other to drive ecological dysfunction.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical|Jedediah Purdy|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The resemblance between the footprint of a bear and that of a man, in snow, is remarkably close.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
"Gosh, you sure made a footprint there," he said wonderingly.
The Stutterer|R.R. Merliss
It was a footprint not unlike his own, but distinctly larger.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
And there's a footprint in this soft new gravel just outside.'
Trent's Last Case|E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
It was a little startling, at first, to come upon this footprint in the sand; but a little reflection set the feeling at rest.
Saint Patrick|Heman White Chaplin