Reducing Carbon Footprints

By: Jonathan Laura

Carbon Footprint

• A carbon footprint is the measure of greenhouse gases humans produce during activity

• It is not just a measure of the carbon dioxide produce• Fossil fuels used in public transportation throughout

the word account for 31% of green house gases• Air travel contributes a smaller carbon footprint the

driving

US Facts about Carbon Footprints

• The US accounts for 20% of man made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere while only having 5% of the population

• On average US citizens produce double the amount of CO2 average for the rest of the world

• Everyone from the rich and the poor are to blame for the US’s terrible track record, says an MIT study

Reducing my carbon Footprint

• I can walk to more places• I can turn off light when I leavea room• Take public transportstion• Use energy efficient light bulb

Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7zwrzEyzkA

Work Cited• http://alternativestandrews.blogspot.com/p/carbon-footprint.html• "Home | ClimatePath." Home | ClimatePath. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2012.

<http://www.climatepath.org/>• "Carbon Footprint Of Best Conserving Americans Is Still Double Global Average."

Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2012. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428120658.htm>.

• "Carbon footprint." Encyclopedia of Earth . N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2012. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Carbon_footprint>.