World Journal of Environmental Research

Yazarlar: Valentina- Mariana Mănoiu, Alexandru-Codruţ Miroiu, Alexandru-Ioan Crăciun

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Eco-living,Ecological footprint,Sustainability,Vegan,Eco-citizen.

Özet: The eco-lifestyle is a sustainable one, increasingly becoming part of mainstream thinking. This paper assesses the ecological footprint of one of the authors’ specific type of vegan eco-lifestyle, and compares it to that of a typical Bucharest citizen. The authors are either vegan or vegetarian, and all of them are making a conscious effort to reduce their ecological footprints. Although the eco lifestyle is reflected by individual actions and choices, its large scale effects are substantial. If everyone were to live similarly to the eco-citizen this study monitored, human needs would only require the resources of 0.78 planets; alternatively, 1.96 planets would be needed. The paper proves that the mass adoption of environment-friendlier lifestyles can be an effective way to reduce the pressure directed onto the ecosystems Earth’s population depends on. The present paper is the summarized version of an extensive study, which is to be presented in the near future.

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