carbon footprint reduction by erin burke. what is a carbon footprint? everyone and everything...

Carbon Footprint Reduction

By Erin Burke

What is a Carbon Footprint?

•Everyone and everything generates a carbon footprint.•A Carbon Footprint is the measure of activities an individual has on the environment, and in particular climate change.•It’s the measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent.

What increases your footprint?• Increasing your carbon

footprint is from giving off a lot of CO2.

• Taking a plane ride anywhere, driving your car, or even just washing your clothes in warmer water.

• Buying food that isn’t local will also increase your footprint.

Reducing your Footprint• There are many ways that

you can reduce your carbon footprint.

• Instead of going out multiple times for errands schedule and only go out once.

• Car pool with someone if you are going to the same place.

• Ride your bike or walk if your just going down the road.

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Primary Footprint

• Measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation

Secondary Footprint

• Measure of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use - those associated with their manufacture and eventual breakdown.

Works Cited• http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html• http://neoconservativelincs.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-in

crease-your-carbon-footprint.html• http://www.conservation.org/act/live_green/carboncalc/Page

s/default.aspx?gclid=CILg8anTgKkCFQbc4AodT0zbRw• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint