ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the daily life of people, such as, house, transport, food, leisure, and energy, in different places in South America and explains the environmental impact of these ways of living from the perspective of ecological and carbon footprints. The different places include Tucuman, Dourados, and Sao Paulo. Brazil is both the largest nation in South America and the most populous, occupying 50 per cent of the area of the continent, and it is home to 52 per cent of South Americans. The average environmental footprints (EFs) of South American nations reflect the varying lifestyles within them. Most South American EFs are much closer to one-planet living than those of North America or much of Europe. Brazil, with its large population, has a 2012 average EF of 3.1 global hectares/person, the same as Argentina. Chile is higher, at 4.4 global hectares/person, and Colombia lower at 1.9 global hectares/person, with other countries lying in between.
