The learning material is for the most part in the Internet. Also in assignment number 5 the program Google Earth is needed.

If there are no computers available the teacher can print out in paper the appropriate assignments to the students. Also the material for secondary schools can be applied to upper secondary school level students.

Before the movie/ after the movie

1. Test your ecological footprint, carbon footprint and water footprint in the Internet. Compare your results.

• What different kinds of measurements of consumption do you know?
• What kind of indexes of wellbeing do you know?
• Explain following terms and show how Finland is measured using these indexes. a) Ecological footprint b) Ecological backpack c) Carbon footprint d) HDI e) HSDI f) GDP g) Green GDP
•  What are these indexes needed for?
•  What of these indexes is the most representational and important according to your own worldview?
• Choose three of the indexes for a closer look and compare Finland to two other countries of your choice using these indexes. What kinds of factors account for the differences between these countries? Are some factors remaining untouched using these indexes? What factors? How could they be measured?