Carbon Footprint Task 5

Blog projects-Carbon Footprints

There are various ways to measure our impact on the earth from an environmental stand point. One of these ways is by way of our carbon footprint. In the following report, I’ll define what a carbon foot print is, show how a carbon foot print is measured, show how I rank in comparison to other and finally make suggestions as to how we can reduce our carbon footprints.

Let’s now look at how best to define what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is way of measuring our amount of the GHG (greenhouse gas) caused directly and indirectly way from the amount of an individual. An experts said that “footprint is measured of our activities have in the environment and in the climate change, it related to the amount of the greenhouses gases in our daily live” http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html(page1)

Now I will describe how I measured my footprint. First of all, I went to the

http://www.footprint.wwf.org.uk.html/, and I answered all the question likes, do you use car or bus? How many members in your home? And do you use AC. Also it goes specifically in the food, travel, home and stuff and I answered the entire question.

Lets now look at the ranks of the class and I will compare my rank with my classmate ranks. First of all, I got 3.1And I scored the second high person of the classmates, after that Salem Albloshi he got 12.4, next Abdullah Salem he got 2.7 and the last one which is Sultan saoud and he got 2.2 and he is has the lowest result of the footprint, I am the second one in ranking (footprint calculator).

Now I will turn to the other hand which is the recommendation. Many people don’t mind about how to reduce the amount of the green gases. First reason is that the transportation. For example, many families have cars more than the members and it’s the most reason of the green gases, and we must use the bus or bicycle. Another thing is the electricity. For example, many families don’t switch the light off when they are not in the home (reduce carbon footprint). Yet another reason is that water consumption. For example, you must to reduce the amount of the water consumption and make a drip irrigation to reduce the amount of the water consumption(Oliver). I hope they will make a recycle for the footprint(reduce footprint).

In brief, this report helped me to primarily become more aware of my impact on the environment and take into consideration ways that I can also benefit the environment be becoming a responsible.

Citation

1-"Reduce Footprint." Reduce Footprint. 23 Apr. 2009. 23 Apr. 2009 .

2- Oliver, Rachel. "Measuring your water footprint." 6 Oct. 2008. 23 Apr. 2009 .

3- "Reduce Your Carbon Footprint." Reduce Your Carbon Footprint. 2009. 23 Apr. 2009 .
4- "Footprint calculator." Footprint calculator. 2009. 23 Apr. 2009 .

5- "My footprint." My footprint. 2009. 23 Apr. 2009 .