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The paper relates that the concept of the ecological footprint has increased in popularity in the past few years as more public attention has been directed at environmental concerns. The paper explains that it is a sustainability measuring index that attempts to account for the area of water and land required to produce a given amount of resources for consumption based upon a set of input data. The paper notes that numerous Internet-based ecological footprint calculators have been created over the past several years to enable people to quickly obtain an approximation of their own footprints. This paper analyzes two popular Internet-based calculators and explores some comparisons and contrasts between them.

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"The concept of the "ecological footprint" is one that has increased in popularity in the past few years as more public attention has directed at environmental concerns. It is a sustainability measuring index that attempts to account for the area of water and land required to produce a given amount of resources for consumption based upon a set of input data (Sustainability Scale Project, 2003.) Numerous Internet-based ecological footprint calculators have been created over the past several years to enable people to quickly obtain an approximation of their own footprints based upon their individual level of consumption. This paper analyzes two..."

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