Footprinting gives us a mechanism to measure the global impact of our everyday choices. It has shown that if everyone lived as we do in Scotland, we would need three planets to survive. Clearly Scotland’s global footprint is too large and we need to take steps to live within our environmental limits.
This website acts as a portal for individuals, organisations, local authorities, schools and businesses to find out more about footprinting so that they can start taking action to reducing their global impact.
The site is being maintained through the Local Footprints Project, a joint project between WWF Scotland and the Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN), with funding and support from Eco-Schools Scotland, the Improvement Service, the Scottish Government and ScottishPower.
Latest News
Pupils, council officials and teaching staff at the COSLA Excellence Award ceremony
Wednesday 15 April 2009
South Lanarkshire Council receives award for schools’ footprint work
South Lanarkshire Council was honoured at the recent COSLA Excellence Awards as the best in the field for promoting sustainability in schools across the authority. The project involved children, young people and staff in addressing issues of waste, energy, water, transport, food and buildings using ecological footprint methodology.
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April 2009
Startling new study lifts the lid on Scotland’s “hidden” pollution
Despite repeated government assurances, Scotland’s overall carbon footprint is increasing and not falling, it has been revealed. The startling conclusion was reached by experts, in a report made public, examining the true extent of Scotland’s climate change emissions.
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December 2008
Footprint celebration at the Scottish Parliament
Almost a hundred people from across Scotland gathered at the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the achievements being made in reducing Scotland’s footprint by government, local authorities, organisations, schools and individuals.
In his keynote speech, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney MSP, recognised the importance of footprinting in delivering progress towards national objectives and commended the Local Footprints Project for its part in helping local authorities and schools.
