Pegada ecológica: uma análise dos colaboradores e familiares do Supermercado Selau em Santana do Livramento – RS

Abstract

The Pegada Ecológica (Carbon Footprint) is utilised to measure traces left on the planet due to people's habits of consumption. It is a methodology directly linked to sustainable development, in other words, to the rational and equitable use of natural resources. The present article has the objective of analysing the Carbon Footprint from colaborators and family relatives of Supermercado Selau, localized in Santana do Livramento, RS, Brazil. The conducted research had descriptive and quantative features, with the Survey method being the one used. The tool for collecting data was a questionnaire made available by the WWF website – Brazil (2007), which included questions that have the aim of estimating, through a points system, the necessary quantity of natural resources for each individual interviewee's daily activities. For convenience, the sample was applied to a total of 40 people. Once collected, the data was tabulated and analyzed through a descriptive statistics method. As a result, the research showed that the interviewed participants' habits are above the planet's capacity in relation to the rational and equitable use of natural resources, as two (50%) to three (43,75%) planets would be necessary to support their activities.