Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

The Human Footprint (2007x8)

Air date: Apr 26, 2007

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if all the clothes, washing machines and toilet paper you ever used were piled up outside your front door? Or if you were to lay out all the bread you will ever eat or cups of tea you will drink? This beautiful, landmark film uses art and science to explore the impact each and every human has on the planet in an average lifetime, demonstrating the massive scale of everything consumed and produced in one lifetime. Human Footprint also features several experts, who explain the science behind the installations and explore the profound effect our individual footprints will have on the planet. From our babyhood, when we get through a massive 3,796 nappies and produce 254 litres of urine, through to our old age and death - by which time we will have had sex 4,239 times, eaten 10,866 carrots, taken 7,163 baths and done an average of 15 farts a day - this extraordinary film tells the story of an average life, the story of our human footprint.