Tuesday, April 21, 2009

TASK 5: Carbon Footprint


Carbon footprint means how much I effect the atmosphere as an individual. In addition, today I counted my individual carbon footprint and it was 2.82 at http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/. In fact, my footprint is much less than my class average which is 3.778 and I think it is the lowest in the class

There are three main factors or reasons that made me reach this much footprint. There are:
I. Travel
II. Stuff
III. Home


However, our college, companies and countries all of them have a footprint which affects the atmosphere. In addition, while my class footprint average is 3.778, the United Arab Emirates has the highest footprint in the whole world.

I can reduce my footprint by:

Cancelling the not important trips, trying to drive slowly and even walk to go to the nearby places such as the mosque and the supermarket. I’m going to concentrate on travel because it was the highest reason that raised my footprint. However, the other reasons did not effect me too much so I’m going to work on my travel footprint only.

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