GreenVET Database

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Original language
English
Original title of the resource
WWF Footprint Calculator — How big is your environmental footprint?
English translation of the title
Organization
WWF-UK (World Wide Fund for Nature, UK affiliate)
Year of the publication
Keyword
SDG 4: Quality education
Keyword
SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
Keyword
SDG 13: Climate action
Format
Best Practice
Vocational/professional sector
 
Sector
Various sectors
What is the resource about?
This online tool lets users calculate their personal environmental footprint — a measure of the greenhouse gas emissions and resource impacts linked to everyday lifestyle choices, including food, home energy, travel and consumption. It provides a simple questionnaire with results that show users how their lifestyle contributes to carbon emissions and suggests ways to reduce their impact. The tool is designed to raise awareness about individual contributions to climate change and encourage more sustainable behaviour.
What is the resource about? (in English)
Why is the resource useful for VET actors?
This tool is useful for VET actors because it provides an interactive way to introduce learners to the concept of a carbon footprint, linking real lifestyle data with environmental impact — a key topic in sustainability education. It can be used as a practical classroom or workshop activity to help students quantify and reflect on emissions from food, energy, transport and consumption, making abstract climate concepts tangible. Additionally, it supports competence development in environmental management, personal responsibility and behaviour change, which are increasingly important in green vocational fields.
Why is the resource useful for VET actors? (in English)
Link
https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/