The Schools Ecological Footprint Calculator measures resource consumption and converts this to the amount of land needed to supply the resources and assimilate the waste generated. It may helpyou identify the environmental impacts of everyday activities and encourage progress towards more sustainable practices.The questions require information about the types and amounts of products and resources used in your school, enabling you to estimate how many global hectares are required to support your school. In other words, what sort of Footprint you are leaving on Planet Earth.