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279 World Energy Outlook, WEO2006. http://www.worldenergyoutlook. org/. World Wind Energy Association, http://www.world-wind-energy.info/ Zaaijer M B, 2002. Foundation models for the dynamic response of offshore wind turbines. Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Newcastle, UK. Zhu S P, 1993. ‘Diffraction of short-crested waves around a circular cylinder’, Ocean Engineering, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 389–407. 280 9 Household environmental pressure from consumption: an Australian environmental atlas Christopher Dey, Charles Berger, Barney Foran, Miles Foran, Rowena Joske, Manfred Lenzen and Richard Wood Abstract Modern living means consuming, and consuming causes resource depletion and environmental degradation. Environmental education and action plans for households typically focus on the environmental pressures associated directly with household requirements, such as electricity generation, the direct combustion of fuels and direct water use. Though important, such direct environmental pressures are generally smaller than the indirect pressures associated with the consumption of goods and services by households. These indirect ‘requirements’ occur in the numerous producing industries of the Australian as well as overseas economies. However, in accordance with Adam Smith’s classic statement that ‘consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production’, these requirements are ultimately being demanded by households. Total household environmental pressure is then the combination of direct and indirect requirements. By combining detailed census, household expenditure and environmental data with an economy-wide model, we have calculated the total household environmental pressure for over 1300 Australian statistical local areas (SLAs). These estimates of the wider environmental

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World Energy Outlook, WEO2006. http://www.worldenergyoutlook. org/.

World Wind Energy Association, http://www.world-wind-energy.info/ Zaaijer M B, 2002. Foundation models for the dynamic response of

offshore wind turbines. Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Newcastle, UK.

Zhu S P, 1993. ‘Diffraction of short-crested waves around a circular cylinder’, Ocean Engineering, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 389–407.

280

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Household environmental pressure from consumption: an Australian environmental atlas Christopher Dey, Charles Berger, Barney Foran, Miles Foran, Rowena Joske, Manfred Lenzen and Richard Wood

Abstract Modern living means consuming, and consuming causes resource depletion and environmental degradation. Environmental education and action plans for households typically focus on the environmental pressures associated directly with household requirements, such as electricity generation, the direct combustion of fuels and direct water use. Though important, such direct environmental pressures are generally smaller than the indirect pressures associated with the consumption of goods and services by households. These indirect ‘requirements’ occur in the numerous producing industries of the Australian as well as overseas economies. However, in accordance with Adam Smith’s classic statement that ‘consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production’, these requirements are ultimately being demanded by households. Total household environmental pressure is then the combination of direct and indirect requirements. By combining detailed census, household expenditure and environmental data with an economy-wide model, we have calculated the total household environmental pressure for over 1300 Australian statistical local areas (SLAs). These estimates of the wider environmental

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1

pres

sure

of

aver

age

hous

ehol

ds a

t a

fine

spat

ial s

cale,

rep

rese

nt a

new

re

sour

ce fo

r env

ironm

enta

l edu

catio

n. W

e ha

ve p

rodu

ced

map

s of t

hese

re

sults

, for

the

indi

cato

rs o

f gr

eenh

ouse

gas

em

issio

ns, w

ater

use

and

ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint,

to re

veal

the

sour

ces

of e

nviro

nmen

tal p

ress

ures

in

term

s of a

vera

ge p

er c

apita

impa

cts.

Resu

lts sh

ow th

at im

pact

s are

hig

hly

corr

elate

d w

ith h

ouse

hold

exp

endi

ture

, bu

t th

at w

ithin

clea

r ge

nera

l tre

nds

ther

e ca

n be

larg

e di

ffere

nces

bet

wee

n th

e av

erag

e ho

useh

olds

in

diffe

rent

SLA

s. Th

e re

sults

wer

e tra

nsfo

rmed

into

an

inte

ract

ive

web

-ba

sed

tool

, the

Aus

tralia

n Co

nsum

ptio

n A

tlas,

whi

ch a

llow

s us

ers

to s

ee

map

s of

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

by

SLA

, as

well

as

find

the

typi

cal

perf

orm

ance

by

post

code

, co

upled

with

exp

lanat

ions

and

sug

gest

ions

fo

r ac

tion.

Th

e lau

nch

of th

e A

tlas

was

sup

porte

d by

a n

atio

nal m

edia

and

outre

ach

cam

paig

n. T

he p

ublic

’s an

d m

edia'

s re

spon

se to

the

Atla

s w

ere

cons

ider

able:

int

eres

t w

as b

oth

wid

espr

ead

and

sust

ained

ove

r m

any

wee

ks. T

here

was

par

ticul

arly

stro

ng in

tere

st in

the

mag

nitu

de o

f in

dire

ct im

pact

s as

well

as

the

varia

tions

bet

wee

n SL

As.

It ap

pear

s th

at

this

resp

onse

is in

dica

tive

of th

e pu

blic

beco

min

g m

ore

soph

istica

ted

in

its u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he so

urce

s of e

nviro

nmen

tal p

ress

ures

.

Intro

duct

ion

Ther

e is

exte

nsiv

e ac

adem

ic lit

erat

ure

on t

he li

nks

betw

een

hous

ehol

d co

nsum

ptio

n an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

(Che

n 20

07; C

hrist

offe

rsen

et

al 20

05; M

unks

gaar

d et

al 2

005;

Tur

ner e

t al 2

007;

Wied

man

n et

al 2

007;

W

ier, M

cDon

ald &

For

gie

2006

;). M

ost o

f th

ese

stud

ies c

orre

ctly

poin

t ou

t the

impo

rtanc

e of

off-

site

impa

cts,

whi

ch a

re in

add

ition

to d

irect

or

on-s

ite

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s w

hich

ar

e th

e no

rmal

focu

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal

educ

atio

n ca

mpa

igns

(L

enze

n,

Dey

&

Fo

ran

2004

; M

unks

gaar

d,

Pede

rsen

&

W

ier

2000

). In

dire

ct

impa

cts

in

mos

t de

velo

ping

cou

ntrie

s ar

e ty

pica

lly t

wo

to t

hree

tim

es h

ighe

r th

an t

he

dire

ct im

pact

s (L

enze

n 20

01c)

. Res

ourc

e re

quire

men

ts o

f citi

es h

as lo

ng

been

of i

nter

est,

but o

n a

per c

apita

bas

is, s

imila

r res

ourc

e re

quire

men

ts

are

invo

lved

in m

ost l

ifest

yles

in d

evelo

ped

coun

tries

(Mol

l & N

orm

an

2002

). Fu

rther

mor

e, in

dire

ct im

pact

s ar

e hi

ghly

relat

ed to

affl

uenc

e; so

, as

the

gen

eral

afflu

ence

of

hous

ehol

ds i

ncre

ases

, so

do

the

indi

rect

en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

of t

hose

hou

seho

lds

(Len

zen

1998

). Th

is is

desp

ite t

he c

omm

only

hel

d no

tion

that

, as

afflu

ence

incr

ease

s, th

ere

is m

ore

oppo

rtuni

ty

for

hous

ehol

ds

to

redu

ce

(dire

ct)

impa

cts

by

28

2

incr

easin

g en

ergy

and

wat

er u

se e

fficie

ncy.

This

may

occ

ur,

but

in

gene

ral

any

redu

ctio

n in

dire

ct e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

are

mor

e th

an

coun

tere

d by

an

incr

ease

in t

he w

ider

, ind

irect

impa

cts

asso

ciate

d w

ith

incr

ease

d sp

endi

ng.

This

is pa

rticu

larly

the

case

if

trade

effe

cts

are

inclu

ded:

the

em

bodi

men

t of

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s in

the

pro

duct

s pu

rcha

sed

by d

evelo

ped

coun

tries

(G

hertn

er &

Frip

p 20

07).

In s

hort,

th

ere

is in

crea

sing

evid

ence

to

sugg

est

that

glo

bally

the

Env

ironm

enta

l K

uzne

ts1 c

urve

doe

s no

t hol

d, p

artic

ular

ly fo

r gre

enho

use

gas

emiss

ions

(G

hertn

er &

Frip

p 20

07).

Publ

ic kn

owled

ge

of

off-s

ite

impa

cts

of

cons

umpt

ion

has

been

st

imul

ated

by

the

relat

ivel

y fa

st a

ccep

tanc

e of

the

eco

logi

cal f

ootp

rint

conc

ept,

whi

ch a

ttem

pts

to m

easu

re t

he t

otal

land

requ

irem

ents

for

su

ppor

ting

a lif

esty

le (L

enze

n &

Mur

ray

2001

; W

acke

rnag

el &

Ree

s 19

95).

The

ecol

ogica

l fo

otpr

int

is fu

ndam

enta

lly a

com

mun

icatio

n m

etric

des

crib

ing

the

notio

n th

at t

he im

pact

s of

life

style

s’ sp

read

well

be

yond

their

imm

ediat

e vi

cinity

. Alth

ough

onl

y ab

out 1

5 ye

ars

old

as a

co

ncep

t, th

e w

ord

‘foot

prin

t’ is

now

in g

ener

al pu

blic

usag

e, th

ough

it

has

been

dilu

ted

and

broa

dene

d fr

om t

he o

rigin

al m

eani

ng o

f th

e ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint.

The

analo

gous

term

‘car

bon

foot

prin

t’ is

now

also

in

com

mon

usa

ge, a

nd is

par

t of t

he g

row

ing

inte

rest

in c

arbo

n ne

utra

lity

and

the

relat

ed p

ract

ice o

f ca

rbon

offs

ettin

g.2

Env

ironm

enta

l foo

tprin

t is

bein

g us

ed i

ncre

asin

gly

as a

gen

eral

phra

se t

o m

ean

envi

ronm

enta

l pr

essu

res

as m

easu

red

by a

ran

ge o

f in

dica

tors

, su

ch a

s w

ater

use

, po

llutio

n, a

ir tra

vel a

nd fo

od m

iles.

D

espi

te

the

incr

easin

g pu

blic

awar

enes

s of

th

e w

ider

dr

iver

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal

pres

sure

, th

ere

is a

need

for

fur

ther

edu

catio

n an

d ou

treac

h to

ols

that

will

stim

ulat

e re

al ac

tion

( Le

nzen

, Dey

& M

urra

y 20

02; L

enze

n &

Mur

ray

2001

a; Le

nzen

& S

mith

200

0). S

ucce

ss in

this

area

dep

ends

upo

n a

num

ber

of f

acto

rs. F

irstly

, too

ls, r

esul

ts a

nd th

eir

mea

ning

mus

t be

acce

ssib

le to

the

gene

ral p

ublic

, mak

e co

nnec

tions

with

th

eir c

urre

nt u

nder

stan

ding

and

not

be

load

ed w

ith j

argo

n. S

econ

dly,

1 T

he E

nviro

nmen

tal K

uzne

ts c

urve

is th

e ge

nera

l hyp

othe

sis th

at, a

s pop

ulat

ions

de

velo

p, th

ey p

ass o

ver a

pol

lutio

n ‘h

ump’

afte

r whi

ch fu

rther

dev

elopm

ent,

in te

rms

of ri

sing

inco

me,

leads

to re

duct

ions

in e

nviro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts.

2 S

ee IS

A re

port,

Car

bon

Neu

tralit

y – se

nse a

nd se

nsibi

lity,

http

://w

ww

.isa.o

rg.u

syd.

edu.

au/p

ublic

atio

ns/C

arbo

nNeu

tral.p

df.

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3

educ

atio

n m

ater

ial m

ust

still

be

suffi

cient

ly qu

antit

ativ

e, in

depe

nden

t an

d re

liabl

e to

sec

ure

the

publ

ic’s

trust

. Th

irdly,

she

er v

olum

e of

in

form

atio

n –

for

exam

ple,

man

y in

divi

dual

indi

cato

rs

addr

essin

g m

ultip

le iss

ues

– w

ill n

ot b

e as

effe

ctiv

e as

a s

elect

ion

of k

ey in

dica

tors

co

verin

g m

ajor

conc

erns

. Fo

urth

ly,

com

mun

icatio

n of

re

sults

an

d m

eani

ngs

will

be

enha

nced

if t

here

can

be

pers

onal

rele

vanc

e, su

ch a

s re

sults

rela

ted

to p

artic

ular

dem

ogra

phic

gro

ups,

lifes

tyle

fact

ors

or

loca

tions

. Fin

ally,

to b

e ul

timat

ely s

ucce

ssfu

l, an

y ed

ucat

ion

cam

paig

n sh

ould

stim

ulat

e sig

nific

ant a

ctio

n or

beh

avio

ur c

hang

e. Th

is ch

apte

r is

not

only

conc

erne

d w

ith t

he c

alcul

atio

n of

hou

seho

ld

impa

cts,

large

ly an

aca

dem

ic ex

ercis

e fo

r w

hich

the

re i

s a

gene

ral

conv

erge

nce

of m

etho

ds a

nd a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e im

porta

nce

of th

e w

ider

im

pact

s of

hou

seho

lds.3

Rat

her,

this

wor

k als

o ex

amin

es t

he

effe

ctiv

enes

s of c

omm

unica

tion

of th

ese

issue

s to

the

gene

ral p

ublic

, and

th

e re

spon

se o

f the

pub

lic a

nd th

e m

edia

to su

ch is

sues

. The

wor

k is

the

outc

ome

of a

par

tner

ship

bet

wee

n re

sear

cher

s fr

om t

he C

entre

of

Inte

grat

ed S

usta

inab

ility

Ana

lysis

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of

Sydn

ey a

nd

educ

ator

s fr

om

the

Aus

tralia

n Co

nser

vatio

n Fo

unda

tion,

a

non-

gove

rnm

enta

l or

gani

satio

n w

ith

a lo

ng

hist

ory

of

envi

ronm

enta

l ed

ucat

ion

and

advo

cacy

. In

thi

s ch

apte

r w

e ou

tline

the

met

hodo

logy

beh

ind

the

calcu

latio

n of

av

erag

e en

viro

nmen

tal p

ress

ures

acr

oss

Aus

tralia

and

pre

sent

a s

ampl

e of

resu

lts to

illu

stra

te th

e w

eb-b

ased

tool

kno

wn

as th

e Co

nsum

ption

Atla

s. W

e th

en d

iscus

s th

e re

spon

ses

to th

e lau

nch

and

educ

atio

n ca

mpa

ign

of

the

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s, be

fore

con

cludi

ng a

nd d

iscus

sing

brief

ly id

eas

for f

utur

e w

ork

in th

is ar

ea.

Met

hodo

logy

Th

e pr

incip

le m

etho

dolo

gy b

ehin

d th

is w

ork

is w

ell d

evelo

ped

and

is de

scrib

ed e

lsew

here

(Le

nzen

199

8; L

enze

n, D

ey &

For

an. 2

004)

. The

ob

jectiv

e of

the

proj

ect w

as to

est

imat

e th

e to

tal e

nviro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts,

mea

ning

the

dire

ct p

lus i

ndire

ct im

pact

s, fo

r typ

ical h

ouse

hold

s dow

n to

3 How

ever

, the

re is

still

not

yet

com

plet

e ag

reem

ent o

n m

etric

s and

scop

es o

f an

alyse

s; se

e, fo

r exa

mpl

e, di

scus

sions

and

refe

renc

es in

Tur

ner e

t al (

2007

) and

W

iedm

ann

et a

l, (2

007)

.

28

4

a fin

e sp

atial

leve

l cov

erin

g all

of

Aus

tralia

. In

sum

mar

y, th

e w

ork

here

co

mbi

nes

an i

nput

–out

put

analy

sis a

ppro

ach

for

calcu

latin

g in

dire

ct

requ

irem

ents

for

hou

seho

lds,

with

hou

seho

ld e

xpen

ditu

re d

ata

for

a sa

mpl

e of

Aus

tralia

n ho

useh

olds

, with

com

preh

ensiv

e po

pulat

ion

cens

us

data

for

the

who

le na

tion.

The

wor

k th

eref

ore

relie

s on

the

ext

ensiv

e, pu

blicl

y-av

ailab

le da

tase

ts c

ollec

ted

and

prov

ided

by

the

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics (

ABS

). Th

e m

etho

dolo

gy is

out

lined

in th

e fo

llow

ing

sect

ions

.

Inpu

t–ou

tput

ana

lysi

s In

put–

outp

ut a

nalys

is is

a m

acro

econ

omic

tech

niqu

e th

at u

ses

data

on

inte

r-ind

ustri

al m

onet

ary

trans

actio

ns

to

acco

unt

for

the

com

plex

in

terd

epen

denc

ies

of

indu

strie

s in

m

oder

n ec

onom

ies.

Sinc

e its

in

trodu

ctio

n by

Leo

ntief

(Le

ontie

f 19

36; 1

941)

, it

has

been

app

lied

to

num

erou

s ec

onom

ic an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

ssue

s, an

d in

put–

outp

ut ta

bles

ar

e no

w c

ompi

led o

n a

regu

lar b

asis

for

mos

t in

dust

rialis

ed, a

nd a

lso

man

y de

velo

ping

cou

ntrie

s. To

obt

ain r

egio

nal r

esul

ts w

e co

mbi

ne t

he

natio

nal

Aus

tralia

n in

put–

outp

ut t

ables

and

nat

iona

l da

ta o

n re

sour

ce

use

and

pollu

tion

(mod

ified

by

regi

onali

sing

som

e im

porta

nt s

tate

-sp

ecifi

c im

pact

s su

ch a

s th

ose

from

elec

tricit

y pr

ovisi

on a

nd m

eat

prod

uctio

n) w

ith r

egio

nal h

ouse

hold

exp

endi

ture

dat

a. Th

e as

sum

ptio

n in

here

nt i

n th

is ap

proa

ch i

s th

at p

rodu

cts

purc

hase

d by

reg

iona

l ho

useh

olds

are

pro

duce

d re

gion

ally

and

natio

nally

usin

g a

simila

r pr

oduc

tion

recip

e. H

ence

it

is a

stud

y of

nat

iona

l im

pact

s th

at r

esul

t fr

om re

gion

al co

nsum

ptio

n. In

con

trast

, reg

iona

l inp

ut–o

utpu

t tab

les a

re

requ

ired

for

the

analy

sis o

f re

gion

al im

pact

s an

d in

ter-r

egio

nal

flow

s (T

iebou

t 19

60).

The

tech

niqu

e of

co

mbi

ning

in

put–

outp

ut

and

hous

ehol

d ex

pend

iture

dat

a ha

s be

en u

sed

prev

ious

ly by

a n

umbe

r of

au

thor

s (s

ee c

ompr

ehen

sive

refe

renc

e lis

t in

Len

zen,

Dey

& F

oran

20

04).

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct o

f hou

seho

lds i

s det

erm

ined

via

�Y

QQ

F�

��

hhem

b.

(1)

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5

The

varia

bles

in E

quat

ion

1 ar

e in

turn

: F

M

atrix

of

ho

useh

old

factor

req

uirem

ents.

Its

ele

men

ts

��

gj

fi

ijF,...,

;,...,

11

��

desc

ribe

the

tota

l am

ount

of

fact

or i

req

uire

d by

hous

ehol

d gr

oup

j. Th

e te

rm

factor

re

pres

ents

re

sour

ce

and

envi

ronm

enta

l qu

antit

ies (

such

as

land

dist

urba

nce,

fuel

con

sum

ptio

n,

wat

er

use,

gree

nhou

se

gas

emiss

ions

an

d th

e ag

greg

ated

qu

antit

y ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint).

F c

ompr

ises

both

fac

tors

Qhh

×Y

use

d di

rect

ly b

y th

e ho

useh

old

(in t

he h

ouse

or

by u

sing

priv

ate

vehi

cles)

, an

d als

o fa

ctor

s Q

emb ×

Y

used

by

Aus

tralia

n an

d fo

reig

n in

dust

ries,

that

are

re

quire

d in

dire

ctly

to p

rovi

de g

oods

and

ser

vice

s pu

rcha

sed

by t

he

hous

ehol

d. T

he l

atte

r ar

e als

o ca

lled

embo

died

factor

req

uirem

ents.

F h

as

dim

ensio

ns f×

g, w

here

f is

the

num

ber

of f

acto

rs (o

nly

resu

lts f

or th

ree

will

be

pr

esen

ted

here

: gr

eenh

ouse

ga

s em

issio

ns,

wat

er

use

and

ecol

ogica

l foo

tprin

t) an

d g i

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

hou

seho

ld g

roup

s. Fo

r th

is st

udy

an a

vera

ge h

ouse

hold

was

est

ablis

hed

for

each

of

the

1346

St

atist

ical

Loca

l A

reas

(SL

A)

defin

ed b

y th

e A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f St

atist

ics (A

BS).

Thi

s pro

cedu

re is

disc

usse

d fu

rther

belo

w.

Qhh

M

atrix

of

ho

useh

old

factor

mu

ltipli

ers.

Its

elem

ents

�s

jf

iijQ

,...,

;,...,

11

hh�

�de

scrib

e th

e us

age

by p

rivat

e ho

useh

olds

of

fact

or i

per A

$ va

lue

of fi

nal c

onsu

mpt

ion

of c

omm

oditi

es fr

om in

dust

ry j

. Qhh

ha

s di

men

sions

f×s,

whe

re s

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

clas

sified

indu

strie

s. Th

e Ce

ntre

for I

nteg

rate

d Su

stain

abili

ty A

nalys

is at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Syd

ney

(ISA

) ha

s ex

pand

ed t

he m

ore

aggr

egat

ed A

ustra

lian

inpu

t–ou

tput

tab

les

com

pile

d by

the

ABS

to

dist

ingu

ish s

= 3

44 i

ndus

try s

ecto

rs.

Thes

e ra

nge

from

prim

ary

indu

strie

s su

ch a

s ag

ricul

ture

and

min

ing,

via

seco

ndar

y in

dust

ries s

uch

as m

anuf

actu

ring

and

elect

ricity

, gas

and

wat

er

utili

ties,

to t

ertia

ry i

ndus

tries

suc

h as

com

mer

cial

serv

ices,

healt

h,

educ

atio

n,

defe

nce

and

gove

rnm

ent

adm

inist

ratio

n.

This

expa

nded

in

put–

outp

ut fr

amew

ork

appl

ies to

the

year

199

8–99

. Q

emb

Mat

rix

of

embo

died

factor

mu

ltipli

ers.

Its

elem

ents

�s

jf

iijQ

,...,

;,...,

11

emb

��

desc

ribe

the

usag

e of

fac

tor

i per

A$

valu

e of

fin

al

cons

umpt

ion

of c

omm

odity

j,

(1)

by t

he i

ndus

try s

ecto

rs p

rodu

cing

com

mod

ity j

, (2

) by

all

upst

ream

ind

ustry

sec

tors

sup

plyin

g in

dust

ry

28

6

sect

ors

prod

ucin

g co

mm

odity

j,

(3)

by a

ll up

stre

am i

ndus

try s

ecto

rs

supp

lying

in

dust

ry

sect

ors

that

su

pply

indu

stry

se

ctor

s pr

oduc

ing

com

mod

ity j,

and

(4) s

o on

, inf

inite

ly. Q

emb

thus

cap

ture

s th

e tot

al fac

tor

requi

remen

ts of

ind

ustri

es i

n th

e en

tire

econ

omy

that

are

nee

ded

to

prod

uce

com

mod

ities

con

sum

ed b

y ho

useh

olds

. Qem

b ha

s di

men

sions

s.

Y M

atrix

of

hous

ehold

exp

endit

ure.

Its e

lemen

ts �

�h

js

iijY

,...,

;,...,

11

��

desc

ribe

the

amou

nt o

f A

$ sp

ent

on c

omm

odity

i by

hou

seho

ld g

roup

j du

ring

the

refe

renc

e ye

ar. Y

has

dim

ensio

ns s×

h. Q

emb c

an b

e ca

lculat

ed a

ccor

ding

to th

e ba

sic in

put–

outp

ut re

lation

ship

�1in

dem

b�

��

AI

QQ

.

(2

) Th

e va

riabl

es in

Equ

atio

n 2

are:

Qin

d M

atrix

of

in

dustr

ial

factor

mu

ltipli

ers.

Its

elem

ents

�s

jf

iijQ

,...,

;,...,

11

ind

��

desc

ribe

the

usag

e of

fact

or i

by in

dust

ry s

ecto

r j p

er

A$

valu

e of

tota

l out

put b

y in

dust

ry s

ecto

r j.

In c

ontra

st t

o Q

emb ,

Qin

d re

pres

ents

onl

y fa

ctor

s us

ed d

irect

ly in

eac

h in

dust

ry,

but

not

in

upst

ream

supp

lying

indu

strie

s. Q

ind h

as d

imen

sions

f×s.

I Th

e un

ity m

atrix

. Its

elem

ents

��

sj

si

ijI,...,

;,...,

11

��

are

I ij=1

if i=

j, an

d I ij=

0

if i�

j. I h

as d

imen

sions

s×s.

A M

atrix

of

direct

requ

ireme

nts.

Its e

lemen

ts �

�s

js

iijA

,...,

;,...,

11

��

desc

ribe

the

amou

nt o

f in

put

in A

ustra

lian

Dol

lars

(A$)

of

indu

stry

sec

tor

i in

to

indu

stry

sec

tor j

, per

A$

valu

e of

tota

l out

put o

f ind

ustry

sec

tor j

. A h

as

dim

ensio

ns s

×s.

It co

mpr

ises

impo

rts f

rom

for

eign

indu

strie

s an

d tra

nsac

tions

fo

r ca

pita

l re

plac

emen

t an

d gr

owth

. A

ca

ptur

es

the

inte

rdep

ende

nce

of i

ndus

tries

in

the

Aus

tralia

n ec

onom

y an

d th

eir

depe

nden

ce o

n fo

reig

n in

dust

ries,

and

– as

sum

ing

that

im

ports

are

pr

oduc

ed u

sing

Aus

tralia

n te

chno

logy

– th

us e

nabl

es th

e tra

nslat

ion

of

indu

stria

l fac

tor

mul

tiplie

rs Q

ind

into

em

bodi

ed f

acto

r m

ultip

liers

Qem

b .

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7

Furth

erm

ore,

fact

or r

equi

rem

ents

for

Aus

tralia

n in

dust

ries

prod

ucin

g ex

ports

are

rem

oved

from

Qin

d , sin

ce re

spon

sibili

ty fo

r the

se im

pact

s are

bo

rne

by t

he p

urch

aser

s of

the

exp

orte

d co

mm

oditi

es (

see

Gall

ego

&

Lenz

en 2

005;

Len

zen

et a

l 200

7)).

In A

ustra

lia t

here

is a

stro

ng t

rade

su

rplu

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts,

asso

ciate

d m

ainly

with

im

pact

s re

latin

g to

the

exp

ort

of p

rimar

y co

mm

oditi

es.

For

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

desc

riptio

n of

the

Aus

tralia

n in

put–

outp

ut f

ram

ewor

k, s

ee p

aper

s by

Le

nzen

(Len

zen

2001

b; 2

001a

; Len

zen

& F

oran

200

1).

Dat

a so

urce

s, r

egre

ssio

n an

d re

sults

bre

akdo

wns

A

trad

ition

al pr

oblem

in u

nder

taki

ng g

ener

alise

d in

put–

outp

ut a

nalys

is is

the

align

men

t of d

iffer

ent d

ata

sour

ces w

hich

may

var

y in

indu

stry

sect

or

class

ifica

tion

and

refe

renc

e ye

ar.

App

roac

hes

to t

hese

pro

blem

s ar

e de

scrib

ed e

lsew

here

(e.g

. Gall

ego

& L

enze

n 20

06; L

enze

n, G

alleg

o &

W

ood

2007

). Th

e H

ouse

hold

Exp

endi

ture

Sur

vey

(Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

Stat

istics

200

0) c

omm

odity

clas

sifica

tion

and

the

Inpu

t–ou

tput

Tab

les

(Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics

2004

a, 20

04b)

ref

er to

the

year

199

8–99

bu

t A

ustra

lian

popu

latio

n ce

nsus

dat

a fr

om 2

001

wer

e us

ed.

The

indu

stria

l ene

rgy

and

gree

nhou

se m

ultip

liers

wer

e ob

tain

ed b

y co

nsul

ting

a ra

nge

of

sour

ces

such

as

fu

el st

atist

ics

(Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

A

gricu

ltura

l an

d Re

sour

ce

Eco

nom

ics

1999

, 20

01),

the

Aus

tralia

n N

atio

nal

Gre

enho

use

Gas

In

vent

ory

(Nat

iona

l G

reen

hous

e G

as

Inve

ntor

y Co

mm

ittee

199

8) a

nd m

otor

veh

icle

and

trans

port

surv

eys

(Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

Stat

istic

s 19

96, 1

997)

. The

se in

dust

ry m

ultip

liers

ar

e us

ed t

o ca

lculat

e en

ergy

em

bodi

ed i

n co

nsum

er i

tem

s. Pr

oduc

ers

mak

ing

up t

he s

uppl

y ch

ains

of t

hese

est

ablis

hmen

ts a

re l

ikely

to

be

dist

ribut

ed a

cros

s th

e w

hole

of A

ustra

lia, s

o th

at w

e ap

ply

stat

e ad

just

ed

ener

gy m

ultip

liers

for

the

firs

t an

d se

cond

lay

er o

f su

pplie

rs,

and

natio

nal

aver

ages

fu

rther

up

stre

am.

Hou

seho

ld

ener

gy

mul

tiplie

rs

hh ener

gyQ

are

gene

rally

spe

cific

to a

sta

te,

and

wer

e th

eref

ore

sour

ced

sepa

rate

ly.

Exa

mpl

es

of

regi

onall

y ad

just

ed

figur

es

are

thos

e fo

r ele

ctric

ity (

NSW

Dep

artm

ent

of E

nerg

y an

d U

tiliti

es 2

000)

, pe

trol

(Aus

tralia

n A

utom

obile

Ass

ociat

ion

2000

) an

d lo

cal

trans

port

data

(L

enze

n 19

99).

Oth

er s

ourc

es in

clude

dat

a fo

r w

ater

(Le

nzen

& F

oran

20

01;

Var

don

et

al 20

07)

and

land

use,

wei

ghte

d by

de

gree

of

di

stur

banc

e (B

arso

n,

Rand

all

&

Bord

as

2000

; G

raet

z, W

ilson

&

Ca

mpb

ell 1

995;

Len

zen

& M

urra

y 20

01).

In o

rder

to

mat

ch t

he

28

8

Hou

seho

ld

Exp

endi

ture

Su

rvey

da

ta,

all

fact

or

mul

tiplie

rs

wer

e ex

trapo

lated

to

1998

–99

valu

es, c

onsid

erin

g tre

nds

in in

dust

rial f

acto

r us

e, ch

ange

s in

pro

duct

tax

atio

n, a

nd d

evelo

pmen

ts in

the

Con

sum

er

Price

Ind

ex (

CPI)

to a

ccou

nt f

or in

flatio

n (B

urea

u of

Lab

or S

tatis

tics

2002

). W

hile

this

proc

edur

e in

trodu

ces

addi

tiona

l unc

erta

inty

into

the

es

timat

es o

f fa

ctor

req

uire

men

ts,

this

unce

rtain

ty i

s w

ell b

elow

the

va

riabi

lity

of th

ese

requ

irem

ents

acr

oss

diffe

rent

hou

seho

ld g

roup

s in

a

typi

cal s

ampl

e. Th

e av

erag

e ho

useh

old

expe

nditu

re m

atrix

(Y) b

y SL

A w

as d

eriv

ed fr

om

the

1998

–99

Hou

seho

ld

Exp

endi

ture

Su

rvey

(H

ES)

ag

greg

ated

to

st

atist

ical s

ub d

ivisi

on (S

SD) l

evel

and

then

regr

esse

d ag

ainst

the

cens

us

data

. The

ran

ge o

f th

e ex

plan

ator

y va

riabl

es u

sed

in th

is de

rivat

ion

was

as

follo

ws:

wee

kly

per

capi

ta in

com

e, av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

per

sons

in th

e ho

useh

old,

ave

rage

age

fro

m H

ES

stru

ctur

e, ed

ucat

iona

l qu

alific

atio

n,

popu

latio

n de

nsity

(km

-2),

and

hous

ehol

d ty

pe (

rent

ing,

pur

chas

ing,

ow

ners

, av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

em

ploy

ed

pers

ons

in

hous

ehol

d,

car

owne

rshi

p,

stat

e, an

d dw

ellin

g ty

pe).

The

mul

tivar

iate

regr

essio

n te

chni

que

used

is s

imila

r to

that

em

ploy

ed fo

r th

e IS

A s

tudy

on

Sydn

ey

hous

ehol

ds (L

enze

n, D

ey &

For

an 2

004)

. Pr

evio

usly

empl

oyed

te

chni

ques

kn

own

as

prod

uctio

n lay

er

deco

mpo

sitio

n, se

ctor

al br

eakd

owns

, and

stru

ctur

al pa

th a

nalys

is m

ay b

e us

ed t

o pr

ovid

e br

eakd

owns

of

aggr

egat

ed r

esul

ts (

Lenz

en &

Tre

loar

20

03; T

relo

ar 1

997)

.

Resu

lts a

nd d

iscus

sion

This

sect

ion

pres

ents

a se

lectio

n of

the

resu

lts o

f the

ana

lysis,

inclu

ding

a

sam

ple

of t

he t

ypica

l Co

nsum

ptio

n A

tlas

map

s. K

ey f

indi

ngs

and

resp

onse

s to

them

in te

rms

of e

nviro

nmen

tal p

olicy

and

act

ion

are

also

disc

usse

d. A

vera

ge A

ustra

lian,

and

by

stat

e, gr

eenh

ouse

gas

em

issio

ns,

wat

er u

se a

nd e

colo

gica

l foo

tprin

t res

ults

are

giv

en in

Tab

le 9.

1. T

hese

ar

e ca

lculat

ed f

rom

the

SLA

dat

a, w

eight

ed b

y po

pulat

ion.

To

supp

ort

the

aver

age

Aus

tralia

n lif

esty

le, 1

8.9

t CO

2-e (t

onne

s of

car

bon

diox

ide

equi

valen

t) of

gre

enho

use

gase

s ar

e em

itted

, 720

000

litre

s of

wat

er a

re

used

, and

an

ecol

ogica

l foo

tprin

t of 6

.45

ha is

requ

ired.

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9

The

prin

ciple

rea

son

for d

iffer

ence

s be

twee

n st

ates

is d

iffer

ent l

evels

of

afflu

ence

, as

ind

icate

d by

the

ann

ual

per

capi

ta i

ncom

e fig

ures

. O

ne

exce

ptio

n to

thi

s is

due

to t

he p

redo

min

ant

elect

ricity

gen

erat

ion

infr

astru

ctur

e in

ea

ch

stat

e. Ta

sman

ia,

bein

g lar

gely

po

wer

ed

by

hydr

oelec

tricit

y, is

low

er th

an a

vera

ge, w

here

as V

ictor

ia, la

rgely

pow

ered

by

br

own

coal

gene

rate

d ele

ctric

ity,

is hi

gher

. N

ote

that

de

spite

Ta

sman

ia’s

own

elect

ricity

bein

g m

ostly

low

-em

issio

n hy

drop

ower

, the

av

erag

e Ta

sman

ian

still

ha

s sig

nific

ant

emiss

ions

be

caus

e th

eir

cons

umpt

ion

draw

s on

pow

er c

onsu

med

by

indu

strie

s in

the

hig

her

emitt

ing

main

land

stat

es. T

he o

ther

majo

r in

stan

ce f

or s

tate

diff

eren

ces

not f

ollo

win

g pe

r cap

ita in

com

e is

in th

e ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint a

nd is

due

to

diff

eren

t sto

ckin

g ra

tes f

or g

razi

ng, p

artic

ular

ly fo

r Wes

tern

Aus

tralia

. Th

e hi

gh

wat

er

use

and

gree

nhou

se

emiss

ions

in

th

e A

CT

are

pred

omin

antly

an

afflu

ence

effe

ct,

as i

ndica

ted

by t

he A

CT’s

high

av

erag

e pe

r ca

pita

inco

me.

Diff

eren

ces

in h

ouse

hold

wat

er u

se r

eflec

t th

ese

inco

me

diffe

renc

es, b

ut a

lso v

ariat

ions

in c

limat

e. W

here

wat

er is

re

lativ

ely p

lentif

ul, a

s in

Tas

man

ia an

d pa

rts o

f th

e N

orth

ern

Terr

itory

an

d Q

ueen

sland

, les

s w

ater

ext

ract

ion

is re

quire

d fo

r ga

rden

ing

and

othe

r use

s. T

able

9.1

Ave

rage

per

cap

ita n

atio

nal r

esul

ts, a

nd fo

r eac

h st

ate,

for t

he

indi

cato

rs g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns, w

ater

use

and

eco

logi

cal f

ootp

rint.

A

nn

ual

in

com

e G

reen

hou

se

gas

emis

sion

s W

ater

use

E

colo

gica

l fo

otp

rin

t

$

/ ca

pita

t C

O2-e

/ c

apita

M

L /

capi

ta

ha /

cap

ita

AC

T

25,0

16

22.5

0.

86

6.96

N

SW

20,0

92

19.3

0.

74

6.33

N

T

19,2

74

19.0

0.

65

6.73

Q

LD

18

,201

18

.4

0.68

6.

51

SA

18,1

66

17.2

0.

68

6.67

T

AS

16,5

29

14.3

0.

65

5.50

V

IC

19,5

04

19.7

0.

75

6.18

W

A

18,9

49

18.0

0.

72

7.32

A

ust

ralia

19

,309

18

.9

0.72

6.

45

29

0 Bre

akdo

wn

of a

vera

ge A

ustr

alia

n ho

useh

old

impa

ct

Prof

iles

of t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

of c

onsu

mpt

ion

for

the

thre

e cr

oss-

cutti

ng

indi

cato

rs

(gre

enho

use

gas

emiss

ions

, w

ater

us

e, an

d ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint)

are

give

n in

Fig

ures

9.1

–9.3

. For

eac

h in

dica

tor

a br

eakd

own

of

the

dire

ct

and

indi

rect

co

ntrib

utio

ns

to

thes

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

for

the

aver

age

Aus

tralia

n ho

useh

old

is gi

ven.

A

key

over

all fi

ndin

g, a

nd th

at w

hich

is c

onsis

tent

with

ear

lier w

ork,

is th

at

indi

rect

im

pact

s of

con

sum

ptio

n ou

tweig

h di

rect

hou

seho

ld u

se o

f en

ergy

, w

ater

and

lan

d. T

hat

is, t

he m

ajor

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e pr

oduc

tion

and

dist

ribut

ion

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s th

at

hous

ehol

ds c

onsu

me

far o

utw

eigh

the

dire

ct h

ouse

hold

impa

cts.

Ce

rtain

ly, t

he d

irect

use

of

petro

l, ele

ctric

ity a

nd w

ater

mig

ht b

e th

e m

ost

visib

le an

d m

ost

disc

usse

d ar

eas

of p

erso

nal

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t, an

d th

ese

typi

cally

ar

e so

me

of

the

large

st

singl

e co

mpo

nent

s of h

ouse

hold

impa

cts.

How

ever

whi

le m

any

Aus

tralia

ns a

re

incr

easin

gly

awar

e of

the

need

to c

onse

rve

wat

er a

nd re

duce

ene

rgy

use,

info

rmat

ion

abou

t th

e hi

dden

env

ironm

enta

l co

sts

of m

any

prod

ucts

an

d se

rvice

s is

muc

h ha

rder

to a

cqui

re. D

irect

hou

seho

ld a

nd p

erso

nal

activ

ities

acc

ount

on

aver

age

for o

nly

30 p

er c

ent o

f a h

ouse

hold

’s to

tal

gree

nhou

se g

as e

miss

ions

, 23

per c

ent o

f tot

al w

ater

use

, and

just

10

per

cent

of t

he to

tal e

colo

gica

l foo

tprin

t. Th

e pr

ofile

s in

Fig

ures

9.1

–9.3

are

cha

lleng

ing,

for i

ndiv

idua

ls as

well

as

gove

rnm

ents

and

org

anisa

tions

see

king

env

ironm

enta

l ch

ange

. Th

ey

sugg

est

that

eve

n dr

astic

mea

sure

s to

red

uce

dire

ct p

erso

nal w

ater

and

en

ergy

us

e m

ay

not

have

th

e de

sired

ef

fect

s, un

less

they

ar

e co

mpl

emen

ted

by s

trong

act

ion

to r

educ

e th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

asso

ciate

d w

ith su

ch a

ctiv

ities

as f

ood

and

cloth

ing

prov

ision

, and

goo

ds

and

serv

ices p

urch

ased

in g

ener

al.

Burn

ing

foss

il fu

els f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of e

nerg

y, m

ostly

elec

tricit

y, ac

coun

ts

for

appr

oxim

atel

y 70

pe

r ce

nt

of

tota

l gr

eenh

ouse

ga

s em

issio

ns in

Aus

tralia

(Aus

tralia

n G

reen

hous

e O

ffice

200

7). T

his e

nerg

y is

used

main

ly in

the

pro

duct

ion

and

dist

ribut

ion

of g

oods

, w

ith

hous

ehol

d ele

ctric

ity a

nd p

erso

nal t

rans

port

bein

g im

porta

nt s

econ

dary

co

mpo

nent

s. Th

e di

rect

use

of

ener

gy a

nd t

he i

ndire

ct u

se o

f en

ergy

em

bodi

ed in

goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces

cons

umed

by

an a

vera

ge A

ustra

lian

in

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1

one

year

res

ult

in t

he g

ener

atio

n of

abo

ut 1

9 t

CO2-e

gre

enho

use

gas

emiss

ions

. Agr

icultu

re, l

arge

ly em

issio

ns f

rom

live

stoc

k, is

a s

igni

fican

t so

urce

of

non-

ener

gy e

miss

ions

em

bodi

ed in

hou

seho

ld c

onsu

mpt

ion.

A

reas

whe

re a

hou

seho

ld h

as re

lativ

ely

dire

ct c

ontro

l – su

ch a

s the

ir ow

n ele

ctric

ity, n

atur

al ga

s, an

d tra

nspo

rt us

e –

on a

vera

ge a

ccou

nt f

or le

ss

than

a t

hird

of

tota

l em

issio

ns (

Figu

re 9

.1).

In f

act,

if ev

ery

Aus

tralia

n ho

useh

old

switc

hed

to r

enew

able

ener

gy a

nd s

topp

ed d

rivin

g th

eir c

ars

tom

orro

w, t

otal

hous

ehol

d em

issio

ns w

ould

dec

line

by o

nly

abou

t 18%

. Th

e em

issio

ns g

ener

ated

from

pro

ducin

g th

e fo

od w

e ea

t and

the

good

s w

e pu

rcha

se a

re to

geth

er m

ore

than

fou

r tim

es th

e em

issio

ns f

rom

our

ow

n pe

rson

al us

e of

elec

tricit

y. Th

is su

gges

ts t

hat

for

hous

ehol

ds t

o m

ake

a se

rious

redu

ctio

n in

gre

enho

use

gas e

miss

ions

, the

y m

ust g

o w

ell

beyo

nd m

erely

redu

cing

hous

ehol

d en

ergy

and

pet

rol u

se.

Fig

ure

9.1

Bre

akdo

wn

of th

e to

tal g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns fo

r the

ave

rage

A

ustra

lian

(18.

9 t C

O2-e

)

29

2

Fig

ure

9.2

Bre

akdo

wn

of th

e to

tal w

ater

use

for t

he a

vera

ge A

ustra

lian

(720

kL)

Th

e to

tal w

ater

use

by

the

aver

age

Aus

tralia

n am

ount

s to

720

kL

(kilo

lit

res)

per

per

son,

per

yea

r, in

cludi

ng w

ater

em

bodi

ed in

all

food

, goo

ds

and

serv

ices

(Fig

ure

9.2)

. Thi

s am

ount

of

wat

er is

com

para

ble

to t

he

volu

me

of a

n O

lympi

c-siz

ed s

wim

min

g po

ol. D

irect

wat

er u

se i

n th

e ho

useh

old

only

acco

unts

for j

ust o

ver 1

6 pe

r cen

t of t

otal

wat

er u

se. T

he

wat

er u

sed

to p

rodu

ce a

ll go

ods a

nd se

rvic

es c

onsu

med

is m

ore

than

six

times

gre

ater

than

dire

ct h

ouse

hold

wat

er u

se. P

rodu

ctio

n of

dair

y an

d be

ef p

rodu

cts

is pa

rticu

larly

wat

er-in

tens

ive;

the

dairy

sec

tor

alone

ac

coun

ts f

or o

ne o

ut o

f ev

ery

ten

litre

s of

tot

al ho

useh

old

wat

er u

se.

Trad

ition

al ele

ctric

ity g

ener

atio

n, w

hich

use

s w

ater

for c

oolin

g, is

a la

rge

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3

user

of w

ater

, am

ount

ing

to n

early

4 p

er c

ent o

f the

tota

l wat

er u

sed

by

hous

ehol

ds.

The

ecol

ogica

l fo

otpr

int

is a

mea

sure

of

the

tota

l am

ount

of

land

requ

ired

to s

uppl

y all

the

res

ourc

es a

per

son’

s lif

esty

le de

man

ds. T

his

inclu

des

land

dist

urba

nce

relat

ed t

o ag

ricul

ture

and

oth

er a

ctiv

ities

, as

well

as

a co

mpo

nent

to

acco

unt

for

gree

nhou

se g

as e

miss

ions

. At

an

aver

age

of 6

.45

ha (

hect

ares

) pe

r pe

rson

, Aus

tralia

ns h

ave

one

of t

he

high

est e

colo

gica

l foo

tprin

ts in

the

wor

ld (W

orld

Wid

e Fu

nd fo

r Nat

ure

2006

).

Fig

ure

9. 3

Bre

akdo

wn

of th

e ec

olog

ical f

ootp

rint f

or th

e av

erag

e A

ustra

lian

(6.4

5 ha

)

29

4

As

Figu

re 9

.3 s

how

s, ne

arly

half

of

the

aver

age

pers

on’s

ecol

ogica

l fo

otpr

int i

s at

tribu

tabl

e to

the

land

dist

urbe

d by

food

pro

duct

ion.

Cat

tle

graz

ing

in

parti

cular

re

quire

s va

st

amou

nts

of

land

in

Aus

tralia

. H

owev

er, s

tock

ing

rate

s an

d lan

d us

e ch

arac

teris

tics

in t

he A

ustra

lian

rang

eland

s ar

e qu

ite

diffe

rent

fr

om

mor

e in

tens

ively

st

ocke

d an

d de

velo

ped

graz

ing

land

in o

ther

cou

ntrie

s, clo

ser

to b

eing

in a

nat

ural

stat

e. N

ever

thele

ss,

beca

use

dire

ct

hous

ehol

d an

d tra

nspo

rt co

ntrib

utio

ns to

land

dist

urba

nce

are

relat

ively

sm

all, t

he m

ost p

ract

ical

way

for

indi

vidu

al ho

useh

olds

to

redu

ce t

heir

impa

ct in

ter

ms

of la

nd

dist

urba

nce

is to

alte

r th

eir p

atte

rns

of c

onsu

mpt

ion

of f

ood,

clo

thin

g,

and

othe

r goo

ds h

eavi

ly re

liant

on

agric

ultu

re.

Gen

eral

tren

ds in

tota

l im

pact

s fr

om c

onsu

mpt

ion

The

per

capi

ta a

vera

ge g

reen

hous

e em

issio

ns f

or a

ll SL

As

are

plot

ted

again

st a

vera

ge p

er c

apita

inco

me

in F

igur

e 9.

4. D

espi

te t

he s

catte

r of

m

any

diffe

rent

SLA

s, th

ere

is a

clear

tren

d to

war

ds in

crea

sing

emiss

ions

fo

r hi

gher

in

com

es,

as

obse

rved

m

any

times

pr

evio

usly

(e.g

. M

unks

gaar

d, P

eder

sen

& W

ier 2

000)

. Gro

ups

of s

ymbo

ls re

flect

ing

the

stat

e SL

As

can

be o

bser

ved,

with

the

Tas

man

ian S

LAs

parti

cular

ly

notic

eabl

e to

war

d th

e bo

ttom

of F

igur

e 9.

4, d

ue to

their

ow

n ele

ctric

ity

bein

g m

ainly

hydr

opow

er, a

s m

entio

ned

abov

e. Th

e s

hape

of t

he c

urve

sh

ows

no e

vide

nce

for

decr

easin

g em

issio

ns f

or h

ighe

r in

com

es,

as

wou

ld b

e ex

pect

ed if

a K

uzne

ts r

elatio

nshi

p di

d ho

ld. T

he s

igni

fican

t sc

atte

r of

the

dat

a is

indi

cativ

e of

the

vas

tly d

iffer

ing

lifes

tyles

of

Aus

tralia

n ho

useh

olds

, whe

re it

is q

uite

fea

sible

for

emiss

ions

to r

ange

ov

er a

fac

tor

of t

wo

for

the

sam

e pe

r ca

pita

inc

ome.

This

is no

t su

rpris

ing

perh

aps,

since

co

nsum

er

pref

eren

ces

and

activ

ities

va

ry

enor

mou

sly. N

ote

that

a c

entra

l ass

umpt

ion

of t

he m

etho

dolo

gy u

sed

here

is th

at im

pact

s ar

e lin

early

rela

ted

to e

xpen

ditu

re. I

n re

ality

, hig

her

quali

ty g

oods

(an

d se

rvice

s) a

nd t

here

fore

gen

erall

y hi

gher

pric

ed, w

ill

have

hig

her

impa

cts,

but n

ot n

eces

saril

y as

hig

h as

their

pre

miu

m p

rice

sugg

ests

. H

owev

er,

in t

he a

bsen

ce o

f ex

trem

ely d

etail

ed g

oods

and

se

rvice

s in

form

atio

n, b

oth

in t

erm

s of

wha

t ho

useh

olds

buy

and

the

pr

ofile

s of

di

ffere

nt

quali

ty

good

s in

th

e ec

onom

y, th

e lin

earit

y as

sum

ptio

n is

reas

onab

le, s

ince

it is

unl

ikely

tha

t all

con

sum

ptio

n of

a

hous

ehol

d is

of a

bove

-ave

rage

goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces,

mea

ning

ove

rall

unce

rtain

ties

are

acce

ptab

le (L

enze

n 20

01a)

. Exp

endi

ture

is in

gen

eral

a be

tter

prox

y fo

r en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct, b

ut th

e in

com

e da

ta b

y SL

A is

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mor

e re

liabl

e he

re

and

for

the

purp

oses

of

sh

owin

g im

porta

nt

relat

ions

hips

, inc

ome

is sh

own

in F

igur

es 9

.4–9

.6.

Clos

er

exam

inat

ion

of

the

HE

S sh

ows

that

, w

hile

hi

gh

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds s

pend

mor

e on

hig

h–co

st,

low

–im

pact

act

iviti

es s

uch

as

ente

rtain

men

t and

oth

er se

rvice

s, th

ey a

lso sp

end

mor

e on

elec

tricit

y an

d m

ost o

ther

cat

egor

ies o

f go

ods.

Furth

erm

ore,

som

e ac

tiviti

es w

ith h

igh

gree

nhou

se im

pact

s, su

ch a

s air

trav

el an

d co

nstru

ctio

n an

d re

nova

tion,

te

nd to

be

conc

entra

ted

in h

igh

inco

me

grou

ps.

Fig

ure

9.4

Gre

enho

use

gas e

miss

ions

(t C

O2-e

) for

eac

h SL

A a

s a fu

nctio

n of

ann

ual p

er c

apita

inco

me,

with

stat

es in

dica

ted

101520253035 $10,

000

$20,

000

$30,

000

$40,

000

Annu

al p

er-c

apita

inco

me

Greenhouse gas emissions (tonnes/capita)

ACT

NSW

NT Qld

SA Tas

Vic

WA

29

6

In c

ontra

st to

the

gree

nhou

se g

as re

latio

nshi

p sh

own

in F

igur

e 9.

4, th

ere

is les

s of a

n in

com

e de

pend

ence

of w

ater

use

and

eco

logi

cal f

ootp

rint,

as

show

n in

Fig

ures

9.5

and

9.6

resp

ectiv

ely. T

his

is re

adily

exp

laine

d sin

ce

the

prod

uctio

n of

food

tend

s to

be w

ater

- and

land

-inte

nsiv

e, an

d ab

ove

a ce

rtain

leve

l of a

fflue

nce

aver

age

expe

nditu

re o

n fo

od st

arts

to p

latea

u.

Fig

ure

9.5

Tot

al w

ater

use

for e

ach

SLA

as a

func

tion

of a

nnua

l per

cap

ita

inco

me,

with

stat

es in

dica

ted

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2 $1

0,00

0$2

0,00

0$3

0,00

0$4

0,00

0

Annu

al p

er-c

apita

inco

me

Water use (ML/capita)

ACT

NSW

NT Qld

SA Tas

Vic

WA

Fr

om

the

resu

lts

show

n in

Fi

gure

s 9.

4–9.

6 it

can

be

conc

lude

d

that

in

crea

sed

wea

lth

is lea

ding

to

hi

gher

ex

pend

iture

, or

hi

gher

co

nsum

ptio

n of

go

ods,

serv

ices

and

fuels

, an

d ul

timat

ely

high

er

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s. It

is of

ten

assu

med

tha

t af

fluen

t so

cietie

s an

d in

divi

duals

will

hav

e th

e m

eans

to

be e

nviro

nmen

tally

res

pons

ible

and

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to b

e ab

le to

affo

rd to

pur

chas

e be

tter t

echn

olog

ies w

ith lo

wer

impa

cts.

In th

eory

, inc

reas

ed w

ealth

cou

ld e

nabl

e in

divi

duals

to p

urch

ase

high

er

quali

ty,

mor

e en

viro

nmen

tally

sou

nd p

rodu

cts,

and

cons

ume

grea

ter

levels

of s

ervi

ces.

To th

e ex

tent

that

well

-off

peop

le als

o ha

ve h

igh

levels

of

ed

ucat

ion,

on

e m

ight

ex

pect

an

in

crea

sed

awar

enes

s of

th

e en

viro

nmen

t an

d ca

paci

ty t

o se

ek o

ut a

sus

tain

able

life

styl

e. H

owev

er,

far f

rom

ena

blin

g a

sust

ainab

le lif

esty

le, in

crea

ses

in w

ealth

app

ear t

o go

ha

nd-in

-han

d w

ith g

reat

er e

nviro

nmen

tal

pres

sure

s. A

side

from

the

sh

eer i

ncre

ase

in e

xpen

ditu

re, i

t may

be

that

well

-off

indi

vidu

als a

re ‘t

ime

poor

’ and

thu

s m

ore

likely

to

take

con

sum

ptio

n sh

ort-c

uts

rath

er t

han

purs

uing

sus

tain

able

lifes

tyle

opt

ions

. Fo

r in

stan

ce,

hous

ehol

ds w

ith

high

er in

com

es te

nd to

was

te m

ore

food

than

thos

e on

low

er in

com

es

(Ham

ilton

, Den

niss

& B

aker

200

5).

Fig

ure

9.6

Eco

logi

cal f

ootp

rint f

or e

ach

SLA

as a

func

tion

of a

nnua

l per

ca

pita

inco

me,

with

stat

es in

dica

ted

5678910 $10,

000

$20,

000

$30,

000

$40,

000

Annu

al p

er-c

apita

inco

me

Ecological footprint (ha/capita)

ACT

NSW

NT Qld

SA Tas

Vic

WA

29

8

Wea

lth d

oes

not

have

to

have

an

envi

ronm

enta

l pe

nalty

: th

e im

pact

de

pend

s m

ore

impo

rtant

ly on

how

wea

lth is

use

d. I

t is

not h

ow m

uch

is

earn

ed,

but

how

it

is sp

ent,

and

on w

hat,

that

det

erm

ines

the

en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct. I

n A

ustra

lia, a

nd in

deed

in m

any

othe

r dev

elope

d co

untri

es, w

ealth

cou

ld b

e ut

ilise

d in

a m

ore

envi

ronm

enta

lly so

und

way

. M

ore

of o

ur in

divi

dual

and

natio

nal w

ealth

cou

ld b

e us

ed to

ena

ble

us to

lea

d fu

lfilli

ng, s

usta

inab

le liv

es r

athe

r th

an ju

st c

onsu

min

g m

ore,

and

to

inve

st in

env

ironm

enta

l pro

tect

ion

and

a m

ore

sust

ainab

le ec

onom

y. E

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct v

is-à-

vis

hous

ehol

d siz

e is

anot

her

inte

rest

ing

relat

ions

hip

that

aris

es f

rom

thi

s st

udy,

show

n in

Fig

ure

9.7

for

gree

nhou

se g

as e

miss

ions

. Th

e ge

nera

l tre

nd t

owar

ds d

ecre

asin

g pe

r-

capi

ta im

pact

as

mor

e re

sour

ces

are

shar

ed in

larg

er h

ouse

hold

s is

clear

an

d ha

s be

en w

ell-o

bser

ved

befo

re (L

enze

n 19

98; L

enze

n, D

ey &

For

an

2004

). O

n av

erag

e, sin

gle-

pers

on a

nd s

mall

hou

seho

lds

have

gre

ater

en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

than

lar

ger

hous

ehol

ds.

As

Figu

re 9

.7 s

how

s, ar

eas

with

hig

her

than

ave

rage

hou

seho

ld s

ize

tend

to

have

mar

kedl

y lo

wer

leve

ls of

gre

enho

use

gas

emiss

ions

per

cap

ita. H

owev

er t

here

is

large

sca

tter

in e

miss

ions

for

diffe

rent

hou

seho

lds

of th

e sa

me

(sm

aller

) siz

e, pr

imar

ily

refle

ctin

g th

e in

com

e ef

fect

. La

rge

hous

ehol

ds

are

relat

ively

rar

e in

Aus

tralia

, and

thi

s is

refle

cted

in t

he s

mall

num

ber

of

large

hou

seho

lds

in th

e H

ES

sam

ple.

The

com

para

tively

sm

all s

catte

r in

the

resu

lts f

or l

arge

hou

seho

lds

prob

ably

ref

lects

the

fac

t th

at,

by

nece

ssity

, lar

ge h

ouse

hold

s ar

e m

uch

mor

e sim

ilar

to e

ach

othe

r in

pr

ofile

(ag

e, ed

ucat

ion,

hou

se t

ype,

etc)

tha

n ar

e sm

aller

hou

seho

lds,

whi

ch a

re m

ore

dive

rse.

Th

ere

are

seve

ral

plau

sible

exp

lanat

ions

for

thi

s co

rrela

tion.

In

large

r ho

useh

olds

, peo

ple

tend

to s

hare

com

mon

livi

ng a

reas

, whi

ch w

ill lo

wer

th

e pe

r-pe

rson

hea

ting

and

elec

trici

ty b

ills.

In a

dditi

on, l

arge

r hou

seho

lds

can

shar

e ite

ms s

uch

as fu

rnitu

re a

nd a

pplia

nces

, whe

reas

a p

erso

n liv

ing

alone

gen

erall

y ow

ns a

ful

l sui

te o

f su

ch it

ems.

It is

also

reas

onab

le to

th

ink

that

larg

er h

ouse

hold

s are

mor

e lik

ely to

coo

k to

geth

er, r

esul

ting

in

mor

e ef

ficien

t pu

rcha

sing

patte

rns

and

low

er le

vels

of f

ood

was

te. I

n sh

ort,

com

mun

al liv

ing

is, in

man

y re

spec

ts, m

ore

effic

ient

than

sin

gle-

pers

on l

ivin

g or

sm

all h

ouse

hold

s. In

Aus

tralia

, th

ough

, th

e ge

nera

l tre

nd f

or h

ouse

hold

siz

e is

mov

ing

in t

he o

ther

dire

ctio

n: n

umbe

rs o

f pe

ople

per h

ouse

hold

are

dec

reas

ing,

and

at t

he s

ame

time,

the

phys

ical

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size

of th

e av

erag

e ho

use

is in

crea

sing

in te

rms o

f flo

or a

rea

and

num

ber

of b

edro

oms (

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics 2

007)

. F

igu

re 9

.7 D

epen

denc

e of

gre

enho

use

gas e

miss

ions

on

hous

ehol

d siz

e fo

r all

SLA

s

101520253035

12

34

56

7Av

erag

e ho

useh

old

size

Greenhouse gas emissions (tonnes/capita)

Th

e C

onsu

mpt

ion

Atla

s –

regi

onal

diff

eren

ces

in

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s Th

e de

taile

d st

atist

ical l

ocal

area

dat

a pr

esen

ted

abov

e m

ay b

e pl

otte

d on

m

aps

usin

g th

e Co

nsum

ptio

n A

tlas

to s

how

pat

tern

s of

con

sum

ptio

n an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct a

cros

s A

ustra

lia.4

The

Atla

s di

rect

ly il

lust

rate

s

4 The

Con

sum

ptio

n A

tlas i

s acc

essib

le at

: ww

w.ac

fonl

ine.o

rg.au

/con

sum

ptio

natla

s (F

ig. 9

.8)

30

0

how

muc

h w

ater

and

lan

d is

need

ed,

and

how

muc

h gr

eenh

ouse

po

llutio

n is

crea

ted,

to

supp

ort

the

aver

age

hous

ehol

d co

nsum

ptio

n in

ea

ch

SLA

in

A

ustra

lia.

Des

igne

d an

d ho

sted

by

th

e A

ustra

lian

Cons

erva

tion

Foun

datio

n (A

CF) a

s an

inte

ract

ive

web

-pag

e, th

e A

tlas

is pu

blicl

y ac

cess

ible

and

supp

orte

d by

con

sider

able

expl

anat

ions

and

ed

ucat

iona

l m

ater

ial.

The

Atla

s is

a ce

ntra

l pa

rt of

env

ironm

enta

l ca

mpa

igni

ng b

y th

e A

CF,

in p

artic

ular

the

ir ‘G

reen

Hom

e’ in

itiat

ive

whi

ch i

s aim

ed a

t en

gagi

ng A

ustra

lian

hous

ehol

ds t

hrou

gh s

emin

ars,

ince

ntiv

es

and

com

preh

ensiv

e on

line

mat

erial

s to

re

duce

th

eir

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s. SL

As

can

be b

row

sed

by i

ndiv

idua

l st

ates

, ca

pita

l cit

ies,

and

som

e hi

gh p

opul

atio

n ar

eas

to s

how

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

in te

rms

of th

e th

ree

indi

cato

rs. I

mpa

cts

by S

LA a

re s

how

n in

a

colo

ur-s

cale

whi

ch is

the

sam

e fo

r all

of

Aus

tralia

, allo

win

g co

nsist

ent

com

paris

ons

to b

e m

ade.

Use

rs c

an a

lso e

nter

pos

tcod

es a

nd t

he s

ite

retu

rns t

he m

ost a

ppro

priat

e SL

A. I

n th

e fo

llow

ing,

seve

ral e

xam

ples

are

pr

esen

ted

to d

emon

stra

te th

e A

tlas.

Fig

ure

9.8

Main

pag

e of

the

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s web

site

Th

e fir

st e

xam

ple

is th

e gr

eenh

ouse

em

issio

ns b

y Q

ueen

sland

SLA

s, sh

owin

g th

e w

hole

stat

e (F

ig. 9

.9),

zoom

ed to

the

popu

lous

sou

th e

ast

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area

s (F

ig.

9.10

), an

d th

en z

oom

ed i

nto

the

capi

tal

of B

risba

ne (

Fig.

9.

11).

Per c

apita

em

issio

ns o

ver t

he Q

ueen

sland

SLA

s var

y fr

om 1

5-17

t CO

2-e in

the

poor

er r

ural

area

s, to

aro

und

an a

vera

ge o

f 20-

22 t

CO2-e

in

met

ropo

litan

are

as,

to 2

8-32

t C

O2-e

in

the

mos

t af

fluen

t in

ner

Brisb

ane

SLA

s. F

igu

re 9

.9 G

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns m

ap fo

r Que

ensla

nd

30

2

Fig

ure

9.1

0 G

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns m

ap fo

r Sou

th E

ast Q

ueen

sland

Th

e da

rk a

reas

nea

r Bris

bane

indi

cate

whe

re th

e m

ajorit

y of

the

high

em

issio

ns S

LAs a

re lo

cate

d.

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Fig

ure

9.1

1 Gre

enho

use

gas e

miss

ions

map

for B

risba

ne

The

dark

are

as a

roun

d th

e ce

ntre

of B

risba

ne re

pres

ent t

he m

ore

afflu

ent

SLA

s with

cor

resp

ondi

ng h

igh

per c

apita

em

issio

ns. A

pop

-up

win

dow

re

veals

the

actu

al re

sults

for a

sam

ple

SLA

and

show

s the

pos

tcod

e.

A

wat

er e

xam

ple

is sh

own

in F

igur

e 9.

12 f

or M

elbou

rne,

again

clea

rly

show

ing

that

the

affl

uent

inne

r–cit

y su

burb

s ha

ve c

onsid

erab

ly hi

gher

w

ater

‘foo

tprin

ts’ t

han

the

rest

of V

ictor

ia. T

he a

rea

on th

e rig

ht sh

ows a

ty

pica

l co

nsum

ptio

n br

eakd

own

and

som

e fu

rther

in

form

atio

n.

Thos

e ho

useh

olds

w

ith

the

high

est

wat

er

use

(up

to

near

ly on

e

30

4

mill

ion

litre

s pe

r ca

pita

) are

indi

cate

d on

the

map

by

the

dark

est s

hade

(b

lue

in t

he o

rigin

al A

tlas)

. The

se h

ouse

hold

s ap

pear

pre

dom

inan

tly in

ce

ntra

l M

elbou

rne

and

thro

ugho

ut

the

wea

lthy

coas

tal

subu

rbs

bord

erin

g Po

rt Ph

ilip

Bay.

The

high

est

wat

er u

se o

ccur

s in

Pra

hran

So

uth

Bank

and

Doc

klan

ds. O

n av

erag

e, M

elbou

rne’s

wat

er u

se is

abo

ut

5 pe

r ce

nt h

ighe

r th

an th

e st

ate

aver

age

and

9 pe

r ce

nt h

ighe

r th

an th

e na

tiona

l ave

rage

. F

igu

re 9

.12

Wat

er u

se m

ap fo

r Mel

bour

ne

The

high

est S

LAs h

ave

wat

er u

ses o

f up

to 9

50,0

00 li

tres p

er c

apita

.

Th

e th

ird e

xam

ple

of t

he C

onsu

mpt

ion

Atla

s is

for

the

ecol

ogic

al fo

otpr

int

indi

cato

r fo

r Sy

dney

SLA

s (F

igur

e 9.

13).

As

with

the

oth

er

capi

tals,

the

hig

hest

foo

tprin

ts (

up 8

.2 h

a pe

r ca

pita

) ar

e in

the

mos

t af

fluen

t sub

urbs

loca

ted

arou

nd S

ydne

y H

arbo

ur.

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5

Fig

ure

9.1

3 E

colo

gica

l foo

tprin

t map

for S

ydne

y

Dis

cuss

ion

of re

sults

in e

nviro

nmen

tal p

olic

y an

d ac

tion

term

s Fo

ur m

ain p

oint

s ca

n be

mad

e ab

out

the

Atla

s re

sults

. Fi

rstly

, an

y be

nefit

s fr

om u

rban

isatio

n, s

uch

as h

ighe

r po

pulat

ion

dens

ities

in t

he

inne

r cit

ies le

adin

g to

incr

ease

d us

e of

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

are

com

plet

ely

over

–rid

den

by t

he n

egat

ive

impa

cts

of t

he a

dditi

onal

cons

umpt

ion

of

the

(affl

uent

) in

ner-c

ity a

reas

. In

each

sta

te a

nd t

errit

ory,

the

cent

re o

f th

e ca

pita

l cit

y is

the

area

with

the

hig

hest

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s,

30

6

follo

wed

by

the

inne

r su

burb

an a

reas

. Rur

al an

d re

gion

al ar

eas

tend

to

have

not

iceab

ly lo

wer

leve

ls of

impa

ct. A

fflue

nce

is th

e do

min

ant e

ffect

, ev

en

thou

gh

urba

n liv

ing

patte

rns

offe

r m

any

oppo

rtuni

ties

for

effic

iency

an

d re

duce

d en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts,

com

pare

d to

m

ore

disp

erse

d po

pulat

ions

. Th

e se

cond

poi

nt is

tha

t th

ere

is ‘u

nder

’ con

sum

ptio

n in

som

e re

mot

e ar

eas,

indi

cativ

e of

sig

nific

ant s

ocial

and

eco

nom

ic di

sadv

anta

ge. T

hese

lo

w le

vels

of c

onsu

mpt

ion

in re

mot

e ar

eas m

ay b

e of

fset

to so

me

degr

ee

by n

on-m

onet

ary

or t

radi

tiona

l ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

, w

hich

are

not

re

flect

ed i

n th

e re

sults

. N

ever

thele

ss,

the

resu

lts a

re a

lso c

onsis

tent

w

ith a

ran

ge o

f st

udies

fin

ding

con

ditio

ns o

f se

vere

har

dshi

p in

man

y re

mot

e co

mm

uniti

es.

The

third

poi

nt i

s th

at ‘

smar

ter

cons

umpt

ion’

is

a va

lid r

espo

nse

to

redu

ce

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

of

co

nsum

ptio

n.

Hou

seho

ld

envi

ronm

enta

l in

itiat

ives

suc

h as

red

uced

was

te,

and

low

er w

ater

and

en

ergy

co

nsum

ptio

n,

thou

gh

impo

rtant

, m

ay

offe

r m

uch

small

er

envi

ronm

enta

l im

prov

emen

ts t

han

thos

e ac

hiev

able

thro

ugh

smar

ter

cons

umpt

ion.

In

term

s of

per

sona

l ac

tion

for

smar

ter

cons

umpt

ion,

ho

useh

olds

hav

e m

any

optio

ns s

uch

as: r

educ

ing

their

exp

endi

ture

on

non-

esse

ntial

goo

ds;

enga

ging

in

activ

ities

and

cho

osin

g to

con

sum

e se

rvice

s ra

ther

tha

n go

ods;

shar

ing

good

s am

ongs

t fr

iends

, neig

hbou

rs

and

fam

ily;

choo

sing

good

s w

hich

are

rec

ycled

, re

cycla

ble,

of h

igh

quali

ty a

nd h

igh

effic

ienc

y; an

d fin

ally,

redu

cing

was

te, p

artic

ular

ly fo

od

was

te.

Smar

ter

cons

umpt

ion

is no

t ne

cess

arily

inc

ompa

tible

with

a

vibr

ant

and

grow

ing

econ

omy,

but

it do

es r

epre

sent

a s

ubst

antia

l shi

ft aw

ay fr

om th

e cu

rren

t hig

h co

nsum

ptio

n ec

onom

ies w

hich

are

the

norm

in

mos

t dev

elope

d co

untri

es.

The

final

poin

t is

that

the

re is

a r

ole

for

gove

rnm

ents

to

educ

ate

and

enco

urag

e po

pulat

ions

to

cons

ume

sens

ibly.

Viab

le in

itiat

ives

inc

lude

: ed

ucat

ion

on s

usta

inab

le co

nsum

ptio

n (th

e im

porta

nce

of t

he in

dire

ct

com

pone

nts o

f the

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s of h

ouse

hold

s); r

egul

atio

n on

im

prov

ed

prod

uct

labell

ing;

hi

gher

pe

rfor

man

ce

stan

dard

s fo

r eq

uipm

ent;

and

inve

stm

ents

in

infr

astru

ctur

e w

hich

will

im

prov

e th

e ch

oice

s ava

ilabl

e to

hou

seho

lds.

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7

Publ

ic an

d m

edia

resp

onse

The

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s w

as l

aunc

hed

in J

uly

2007

by

the

Aus

tralia

n Co

nser

vatio

n Fo

unda

tion

(ACF

), w

ith st

ate-

spec

ific

med

ia re

lease

s mad

e po

ssib

le by

the

det

ailed

nat

iona

l dat

a br

oken

dow

n by

SLA

. The

Atla

s re

ceiv

ed

very

st

rong

m

edia

atte

ntio

n th

roug

hout

A

ustra

lia,

with

sig

nific

ant

artic

les c

ontin

uing

to

appe

ar i

n m

ajor

new

spap

ers

for

two

mon

ths

afte

r th

e lau

nch.

It

appe

ars

that

, th

roug

h th

is co

vera

ge,

the

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s ha

s co

ntrib

uted

co

nstru

ctiv

ely

to

gene

ratin

g a

natio

nal

dialo

gue

on

the

impa

cts

of

hous

ehol

d co

nsum

ptio

n on

su

stain

abili

ty i

n A

ustra

lia.

It i

s ra

re i

n A

ustra

lia t

hat

an i

nter

activ

e en

viro

nmen

tal w

ebsit

e an

d as

socia

ted

mes

sage

s be

so

wid

ely v

iewed

. A

sum

mar

y of

the

main

med

ia ex

posu

res i

nclu

de:

� six

seg

men

ts o

n te

levise

d ne

ws

and

curr

ent

affa

irs p

rogr

ams,

reac

hing

an

estim

ated

2 m

illio

n vi

ewer

s �

stro

ng n

atio

nal a

nd st

ate

new

spap

er c

over

age,

enco

mpa

ssin

g at

leas

t 25

arti

cles

men

tioni

ng t

he A

tlas.

Of

parti

cular

not

e w

ere

a fr

ont-

page

sto

ry i

n th

e Sy

dney

Morn

ing

Hera

ld, a

fro

nt-p

age

stor

y an

d a

stro

ng a

ssoc

iated

edi

toria

l in

the

Canb

erra

Time

s, de

taile

d pi

eces

in

the

Melb

ourn

e H

erald-

Sun

on t

wo

Sund

ays,

and

good

cov

erag

e in

th

e A

delai

de A

dvert

iser o

ver t

wo

wee

kday

s �

very

sub

stan

tial

inte

rest

ove

r se

vera

l w

eeks

by

radi

o, i

nclu

ding

at

least

47

segm

ents

cov

erin

g all

cap

ital c

ities

and

num

erou

s re

gion

al ar

eas

� sig

nific

ant

cove

rage

in a

bout

20

loca

l new

spap

ers

acro

ss A

ustra

lia,

relat

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

abou

t th

e re

leva

nt

subu

rbs

to

loca

l re

ader

ship

s �

a gr

owin

g lis

t of l

inks

and

arti

cles o

n th

e in

tern

et, w

ith m

entio

ns o

n pr

omin

ent w

ebsit

es a

nd b

logs

suc

h as

the

New

Scie

ntist

env

ironm

ent

blog

, Cho

ice n

ews o

nlin

e, do

main

.com.

au, t

reehu

gger.c

om, a

nd o

ther

s.

The

abili

ty t

o co

mpa

re t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal

perf

orm

ance

of

indi

vidu

al su

burb

s w

as u

nque

stio

nabl

y th

e m

ajor

attra

ctio

n fo

r m

uch

of t

he

main

stre

am m

edia

cove

rage

. It

seem

s th

at,

with

out

this

geog

raph

ic

spec

ificit

y, th

ere

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

been

any

loca

l med

ia in

tere

st, a

nd s

tate

an

d na

tiona

l cov

erag

e w

ould

hav

e be

en m

uch

less

prom

inen

t. H

avin

g

30

8

attra

cted

the

atte

ntio

n of

the

med

ia in

this

way

affo

rded

an

oppo

rtuni

ty

to d

iscus

s m

essa

ges

arou

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

of c

onsu

mpt

ion

that

are

oth

erw

ise d

ifficu

lt to

raise

in th

e m

ainst

ream

med

ia. T

he m

edia

resp

onde

d st

rong

ly to

the

‘lea

gue-

tabl

e’ na

ture

of

the

web

site

and

deta

iled

brea

kdow

n of

SLA

s. Th

e af

fluen

t sub

urbs

are

a p

opul

ar ta

rget

fo

r jou

rnali

sts a

nd th

e ge

nera

l pub

lic a

like.

Th

ere

wer

e als

o ch

allen

ges

in d

ealin

g w

ith t

he d

iffer

ence

s be

twee

n th

e co

nsum

ptio

n iss

ues

and

the

tradi

tiona

l env

ironm

enta

l mes

sage

s ar

ound

w

aste

red

uctio

n, e

ffic

ienc

y, an

d di

rect

hou

seho

ld a

ctio

n. T

he m

ain to

p-lin

e m

essa

ge f

or m

ainst

ream

med

ia ar

ticles

ten

ded

to b

e “N

ew s

tudy

fin

ds r

ich a

re t

he b

igge

st p

ollu

ters

”, w

here

as m

ore

empo

wer

ing

and

soph

istica

ted

mes

sage

s ar

ound

the

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r re

duct

ions

in

cons

umer

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

, and

the

diff

eren

ces

betw

een

diffe

rent

ex

pend

iture

pat

tern

s, te

nded

to

appe

ar la

ter

in t

he a

rticle

s or

, in

som

e ca

ses,

not

at a

ll. T

he A

CF w

orke

d ha

rd o

n m

edia

stra

tegi

es t

o en

sure

th

at th

e m

edia

did

not s

tray

from

reas

onab

le in

terp

reta

tion

and

that

they

co

mm

unica

ted

good

act

ion

mes

sage

s. Th

e du

ratio

n of

med

ia in

tere

st in

the

stor

y is

note

wor

thy.

Majo

r m

edia

piec

es o

ccur

red

well

afte

r th

e lau

nch

and

initi

al m

edia

flurr

y, su

ch a

s a

fron

t-pag

e st

ory

in S

ydne

y th

at a

ppea

red

six w

eeks

afte

r th

e lau

nch.

An

expl

anat

ion

for

this

extra

ordi

nary

int

eres

t is

a co

mbi

natio

n of

the

no

velty

an

d de

pth

of

the

data

an

d an

alysis

its

elf,

but

also

the

diffe

rent

iated

mes

sage

s fo

r ea

ch s

tate

and

indi

vidu

al lo

calit

ies. I

n ot

her

wor

ds, t

he fa

ct th

at a

Vict

orian

Sun

day

pape

r di

d a

majo

r st

ory

did

not

prec

lude

a m

ajor s

tory

som

e w

eeks

late

r by

a riv

al Sy

dney

pap

er, b

ecau

se

the

Sydn

ey s

tory

was

diff

eren

t eno

ugh

from

the

Melb

ourn

e st

ory

in it

s pa

rticu

lars.

The

geog

raph

ical

spec

ificit

y of

the

Atla

s ha

s m

ade

it an

idea

l too

l to

su

pplem

ent o

ther

com

mun

ity o

utre

ach

stra

tegi

es th

e A

CF is

pur

suin

g as

w

ell.

For

inst

ance

, in

Gre

enH

ome

wor

ksho

ps,

rath

er t

han

simpl

y pr

esen

ting

natio

nal a

ggre

gate

sta

tistic

s on

per

cap

ita e

miss

ions

, ave

rage

re

sults

for

the

spec

ific

area

in w

hich

the

wor

ksho

p is

bein

g he

ld c

an b

e sh

own,

and

con

sum

ptio

n pa

ttern

s in

that

are

a di

scus

sed.

Thi

s mak

es th

e m

essa

ge m

uch

mor

e ‘re

al’ f

or a

udien

ces,

and

thus

mor

e ef

fect

ive

at

driv

ing

beha

viou

ral c

hang

es.

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Ther

e w

ere,

how

ever

, som

e m

iscon

cept

ions

and

lost

mes

sage

s in

som

e of

the

med

ia ac

tivity

tha

t w

arra

nts

disc

ussio

n. S

ever

al let

ters

to

the

edito

r in

the

days

follo

win

g m

ajor

stor

ies a

bout

the

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s ch

allen

ged

the

resu

lts a

nd a

rgue

d th

at i

nner

city

sub

urbs

had

low

er

impa

cts,

mea

ning

dire

ct-o

nly

impa

cts.

This

resp

onse

dem

onst

rate

s th

at,

desp

ite th

e cle

ar m

edia

mes

sage

s, an

d in

fact

the

good

repr

esen

tatio

ns o

f m

ost o

f the

arti

cles,

the

publ

ic ca

n st

ill c

hoos

e to

rely

on th

eir tr

aditi

onal

thin

king

and

und

erst

andi

ng. I

t is

clear

fro

m s

ome

of th

e re

actio

ns th

at

the

resu

lts w

ere

an a

ffron

t to

mem

bers

of

the

publ

ic w

ho c

onsid

er

them

selv

es g

ood

envi

ronm

enta

l cit

izen

s. Fu

rther

mor

e, th

is hi

ghlig

hts

that

som

e pe

ople

have

diff

icul

ty w

ith th

e co

ncep

t of t

he p

erfo

rman

ce o

f th

e av

erag

e pe

rson

in S

LA.

Eve

n so

me

envi

ronm

enta

lly-a

war

e co

mm

enta

tors

miss

ed th

e pr

emise

of

the

stud

y an

d th

e m

eani

ng o

f th

e re

sults

. In

a ne

wsp

aper

sto

ry, w

hich

w

as

prin

ted

mor

e th

an

two

mon

ths

afte

r th

e lau

nch,

a

loca

l en

viro

nmen

tal c

omm

enta

tor

resp

onde

d to

the

res

ult

of a

bove

ave

rage

lo

cal

gree

nhou

se

gas

emiss

ions

by

de

scrib

ing

dire

ct-o

nly

effe

cts

cont

ribut

ing

to e

miss

ions

, su

ch a

s air

con

ditio

ning

use

and

lac

k of

re

new

able

ener

gy s

ourc

es. S

imila

rly, a

n A

ustra

lian

acad

emic

prom

inen

t in

the

fiel

d of

sus

tain

abili

ty c

halle

nged

the

fin

ding

s us

ing

dire

ct-o

nly

argu

men

ts w

hen

ques

tione

d by

a jo

urna

list.

Des

pite

the

main

poi

nt o

f th

e ac

tual

stor

ies,

and

the

basis

of

the

Cons

umpt

ion

Atla

s, ev

en

envi

ronm

enta

l ex

perts

ha

d di

fficu

lty

reco

gnisi

ng

the

fund

amen

tal

mes

sage

her

e. W

hilst

som

e of

thes

e re

actio

ns m

ay b

e du

e to

thei

r bei

ng

unfa

mili

ar w

ith t

he C

onsu

mpt

ion

Atla

s, or

bec

ause

the

y w

ere

aske

d lea

ding

que

stio

ns,

it ap

pear

s th

at t

he i

ssue

of

indi

rect

asp

ects

of

cons

umpt

ion

is no

t uni

vers

ally

reco

gnise

d.

Publ

ic at

titud

es to

and

und

erst

andi

ng o

f env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues h

ave

been

su

rvey

ed i

n N

SW e

very

thr

ee y

ears

sin

ce 1

994

(Who

car

es ab

out

the

envir

onme

nt?)

. A g

ener

al re

sult

from

the

mos

t rec

ent s

urve

y (2

006)

is th

at

ther

e is

a gr

owin

g aw

aren

ess

of t

he c

ompl

exiti

es a

nd li

nkag

es b

etw

een

envi

ronm

enta

l iss

ues,

and

mor

e ge

nera

lly

abou

t th

e co

ncep

t of

su

stain

abili

ty (

Dep

artm

ent

of E

nviro

nmen

t an

d Co

nser

vatio

n N

SW

2007

). H

owev

er, n

one

of th

e su

rvey

que

stio

ns w

ere

aimed

at e

xam

inin

g at

titud

es a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

of

envi

ronm

enta

l ef

fect

s of

the

gen

eral

31

0

purc

hase

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s by

hou

seho

lds.

For e

xam

ple,

redu

ctio

ns

in e

nerg

y, w

ater

and

plas

tic b

ag c

onsu

mpt

ion

wer

e co

nsist

ent a

ctiv

ities

in

the

resp

onse

s, bu

t the

se r

espo

nses

(and

inde

ed th

eir q

uest

ions

) wer

e alm

ost

univ

ersa

lly a

bout

dire

ct e

ffect

s, no

t ab

out

wid

er i

mpa

cts

from

ge

nera

l co

nsum

ptio

n of

hou

seho

lds.

In f

act

the

only

men

tion

of

cons

umpt

ion

conc

erns

th

e ca

tego

ry

of

resp

onse

s ca

lled

‘gre

en

purc

hasin

g’ w

here

‘re

-usin

g th

ings

’ is

note

d as

a r

espo

nse.

Wat

er

cons

umpt

ion

is pa

rticu

larly

close

ly lin

ked

to d

irect

hou

seho

ld b

ehav

iour

, alt

houg

h an

incr

easin

g nu

mbe

r of

peo

ple

reco

gnise

that

the

majo

rity

of

wat

er u

se in

NSW

is fo

r ag

ricul

ture

. Thi

s co

mm

enta

ry is

not

a c

ritici

sm

of t

he W

ho c

ares…

? su

rvey

, w

hich

is

a ve

ry v

aluab

le ga

uge

of p

ublic

kn

owled

ge a

nd a

ctio

n on

the

envi

ronm

ent o

ver t

he la

st 1

3 ye

ars.

Rath

er,

the

lack

of a

ttent

ion

in th

e su

rvey

to th

e w

ider

impa

cts

of c

onsu

mpt

ion

(e.g

. the

wat

er a

nd g

reen

hous

e fo

otpr

ints

of c

onsu

mer

s) is

indi

cativ

e of

th

e lac

k of

aw

aren

ess

of t

hese

iss

ues

even

am

ong

envi

ronm

enta

l pr

ofes

siona

ls.

Conc

lusio

n Th

is ch

apte

r de

scrib

ed t

he r

atio

nale,

met

hodo

logy

, re

sults

, in

tera

ctiv

e w

ebsit

e, an

d th

e pu

blic

resp

onse

to

a de

taile

d se

t of

env

ironm

enta

l pe

rfor

man

ce d

ata

for

Aus

tralia

n ho

useh

olds

. Th

e da

ta f

unda

men

tally

in

clude

s up

stre

am o

r in

dire

ct c

ontri

butio

ns t

o en

viro

nmen

tal p

ress

ures

fr

om h

ouse

hold

s an

d is

ther

efor

e su

bsta

ntial

ly di

ffere

nt f

rom

mos

t en

viro

nmen

tal

educ

atio

n m

ater

ial.

The

web

site

and

resu

lts i

n ge

nera

l pr

ovid

ed a

wid

er s

cope

for

env

ironm

enta

l act

ion

and

cam

paig

ning

. An

exte

nsiv

e bu

t ca

refu

lly m

anag

ed o

utre

ach

prog

ram

by

the

Aus

tralia

n Co

nser

vatio

n Fo

unda

tion

achi

eved

subs

tant

ial p

ublic

and

med

ia in

tere

st,

cove

ring

a re

lativ

ely n

ew a

rea

of e

nviro

nmen

tal m

essa

ge.

The

succ

ess

of t

he p

rojec

t ca

n be

attr

ibut

ed t

o th

e ‘p

erso

nalis

atio

n’ o

f en

viro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce t

hat

the

good

spa

tial b

reak

dow

n af

ford

ed:

desp

ite th

e us

e of

ave

rage

figu

res,

the

publ

ic st

ill c

onsid

ered

them

selv

es

to h

ave

a pe

rson

al co

nnec

tion

with

the

resu

lts. T

he re

sults

of t

he p

rojec

t ar

e a

signi

fican

t be

nchm

ark

of n

atio

nal e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce b

y ho

useh

olds

for t

hree

impo

rtant

indi

cato

rs. W

eb-b

ased

deli

very

and

goo

d m

edia

and

com

mun

icatio

ns h

ave

enab

led v

ery

succ

essf

ul o

utre

ach

of

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1

rese

arch

to

be a

chiev

ed.

This

repr

esen

ts a

goo

d pa

rtner

ship

bet

wee

n re

sear

cher

s and

com

mitt

ed m

edia

and

educ

atio

n sp

ecial

ists.

A

lthou

gh d

ifficu

lt to

ass

ess,

som

e of

the

succ

ess

of th

e pr

ojec

t may

be

attri

buta

ble

to t

he c

urre

nt h

igh

publ

ic en

viro

nmen

tal

awar

enes

s in

A

ustra

lia, d

ue to

a c

ombi

natio

n of

the

prot

ract

ed d

roug

ht, r

ecen

t majo

r na

tura

l disa

ster

s an

d th

eir

links

, eve

n w

ithou

t goo

d ev

iden

ce, t

o cl

imat

e ch

ange

. Rela

tively

rece

ntly

ther

e ha

s be

en a

ccep

tanc

e in

the

main

stre

am

that

clim

ate

chan

ge is

a s

igni

fican

t iss

ue. A

ll th

ese

fact

ors

are

likely

to

have

had

an

impo

rtant

bea

ring

on th

e m

edia

and

publ

ic’s

rece

ptiv

ity to

th

e Co

nsum

ptio

n A

tlas.

Ack

now

ledge

men

ts

This

proj

ect w

as su

ppor

ted

by th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t thr

ough

the

NSW

E

nviro

nmen

tal T

rust

.

31

2 Ref

eren

ces

Aus

tralia

n A

utom

obile

Ass

ociat

ion,

200

0. ‘Y

early

ave

rage

reta

il pe

trol p

rices

19

83–1

999’

. A

BARE

, 199

9. A

ustra

lian

energ

y con

sump

tion

and

prod

uctio

n, A

ustra

lian

Bure

au

of A

gricu

ltura

l and

Res

ourc

e E

cono

mics

Can

berr

a, A

ustra

lia.

ABA

RE,

2001

. A

ustra

lian

farm

surve

ys rep

ort

2001

: fin

ancia

l pe

rform

ance

of A

ustra

lian

farms

199

8–99

to 2

000–

01, A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f Agr

icul

tura

l an

d Re

sour

ce E

cono

mics

, Can

berr

a. A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f St

atist

ics,

1996

. Su

rvey

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tor v

ehicl

e us

e, A

ustra

lia,

preli

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ry, A

ustra

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Bure

au o

f Sta

tistic

s, Ca

nber

ra.

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

Stat

istics

, 19

97. M

otor

vehicl

es in

Aus

tralia

, A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f Sta

tistic

s, Ca

nber

ra.

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

Stat

istics

, 20

00.

'1998

–99

Hou

seho

ld E

xpen

ditu

re

Surv

ey –

Det

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Exp

endi

ture

Ite

ms,

Conf

iden

tialis

ed U

nit

Reco

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File'

, Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics,

Canb

erra

. A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f St

atist

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2004

a. A

ustra

lian

Nat

ional

Acco

unts,

Inp

ut–

outp

ut T

ables

, 199

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, Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics,

Canb

erra

. A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f St

atist

ics, 2

004b

. 'A

ustra

lian

Nat

ional

Acco

unts,

Inp

ut–

outp

ut T

ables

, 19

98–9

9, I

OPC

8-d

igit

Com

mod

ity C

ards

', A

ustra

lian

Bure

au o

f Sta

tistic

s, Ca

nber

ra.

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of

Stat

istics

, 20

07.

Aus

tralia

n So

cial

Tren

ds,

Aus

tralia

n Bu

reau

of S

tatis

tics,

Canb

erra

. A

ustra

lian

Gre

enho

use

Offi

ce,

2007

. N

ation

al gre

enho

use

gas

inven

tory

2005

, A

ustra

lian

Gre

enho

use

Offi

ce, C

anbe

rra.

Bars

on M

, L R

anda

ll &

V B

orda

s, 20

00. L

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cove

r ch

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in A

ustra

lia.

Bure

au o

f Rur

al Sc

ience

s, K

ings

ton,

ACT

. Bu

reau

of

La

bor

Stat

istics

, 20

02.

'Con

sum

er

Price

In

dex,

A

ll U

rban

Co

nsum

ers

– (C

PI-U

), U

.S. c

ity a

vera

ge, A

ll ite

ms',

Bur

eau

of L

abor

St

atist

ics.

Chen

B, C

hen

C Q

, Yan

g Z

F &

Jian

g M

M, 2

007.

'Eco

logi

cal f

ootp

rint

acco

untin

g fo

r ene

rgy

and

reso

urce

in C

hina

', E

nergy

Poli

cy, v

ol. 3

5, n

o.

3, p

p. 1

599–

1609

. D

epar

tmen

t of E

nviro

nmen

t and

Con

serv

atio

n N

SW, 2

007.

Who

cares

abo

ut

the e

nviro

nmen

t in

2006

?, N

SW G

over

nmen

t. G

alleg

o B

& L

enze

n M

, 200

5. 'A

con

siste

nt in

put–

outp

ut f

orm

ulat

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of

shar

ed c

onsu

mer

and

pro

duce

r res

pons

ibili

ty'.

Econ

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B &

Len

zen

M, 2

006.

'Est

imat

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regi

onal

inpu

t–ou

tput

sys

tem

s: a

case

stu

dy o

f A

ustra

lia',

in R

uth

M &

D

avid

sdot

tir B

, D

ynam

ics o

f In

dustr

ial E

cosyst

ems.

G

hertn

er D

A &

Frip

p M

, 20

07.

'Tra

ding

aw

ay d

amag

e: Q

uant

ifyin

g en

viro

nmen

tal l

eaka

ge th

roug

h co

nsum

ptio

n-ba

sed,

life

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colog

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conom

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3, n

o's 2

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p. 5

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77.

Gra

etz

R D

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on M

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Cam

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S K

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e A

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contin

ent,

Dep

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the

Env

ironm

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Spor

t an

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rrito

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Den

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Inst

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M, 1

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'The

ene

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gree

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f liv

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for A

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lia

durin

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93–9

4', E

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, vol

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16.

Lenz

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99.

'Tot

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M, 2

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e im

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nce

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ser

vice

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nsum

ptio

n in

ho

useh

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nhou

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as e

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calc

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Amb

io, v

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0, n

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. Le

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M,

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C &

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bout

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e ch

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01. '

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n ab

out

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