Cay-Blue KY is an awareness campaign started by 5 grade 12 CIS students that aims to inform the community on how to reduce their ecological footprint and stay within Cayman's biocapacity.
Cayman's ecological footprint- 3.8 global hectares
Cayman's biocapacity- 0.3 global hectares
World average ecological footprint- 2.6 global hectares
World average biocapacity- 1.8 global hectares
Cayman Island's biocapacity has the resources to provide for 0.3 earths and Cayman's ecological footprint is large enough to support 3.8 earths. The Cayman Islands uses twice as much resources and energy than the earths global biocapacity and almost 12 times as much resources and energy than what her own land can provide.
- Ecological footprint measures how much land and water area we need to produce the resources we use and absorb the waste we generate ex.) energy, food, land for settlement, lumber, seafood
- Biocapacity measures biologically productive area available to provide the resources we use and to absorb our waste
Cayman's ecological footprint- 3.8 global hectares
Cayman's biocapacity- 0.3 global hectares
World average ecological footprint- 2.6 global hectares
World average biocapacity- 1.8 global hectares
Cayman Island's biocapacity has the resources to provide for 0.3 earths and Cayman's ecological footprint is large enough to support 3.8 earths. The Cayman Islands uses twice as much resources and energy than the earths global biocapacity and almost 12 times as much resources and energy than what her own land can provide.