The National Geographic Channel’s new show, Human Footprint, lays out each item that a person will consume in a lifetime, all at once. According to the show’s site, found at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/?sicontent=0&sicreative=1005935272&siclientid=804&sitrackingid=28122600&ngc=57, “Using science and revelatory visual events, NGC delivers an extraordinary personal audit of how much of the world's resources each of us consumes, illustrating the average American's human footprint.”
The Human Footprint covers each aspect of human consumption, from production to consumption to being discarded, focusing mostly on the discarding process and the size of the impact of everything from eating a hamburger to packaging wrappers.
At the Human Footprint website, you can learn how your discarded waste impacts the earth and how it is destroyed and what impact that makes, whether your trash is discarded in a landfill or burned. Did you know that Americans discard four-fifths of a ton of trash per person, per year?
You can also learn about the benefits of recycling and how buying recycled goods is beneficial. The site provides blogs and videos that provide visual aids to go along with the information provided.
Elizabeth Vargas, the host of Human Footprint, says on the show’s blog, “I hope that everyone watching this show can see that as each of us has an impact, each of us has a footprint, hosts human Footprint. We also each have a responsibility to monitor our consumption and work on reducing our footprint. I know that every new fact I learned has helped me to look at my household and ways that we can reduce our consumption.”
The site is linked to the entire National Geographic Channel, including their extensive Green Guide. Tips on reducing your carbon footprint appear alongside articles about the impact waste makes.
The next airing of Human Footprint is scheduled for Sunday, April 20th at
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