CARBON FOOTPRINT
The carbon footprint is a measure of the exclusive global amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by a human activity or accumulated over the full life cycle of a product or service.
We could measure our carbon footprint from two sites, and we took the average from the both site, the first site - http://footprint.wwf.org.uk - I got 4.32 the questions were classified in four categories food, travel, home and stuff. In the second site - http://www.myfootprint.org – I got 7.1 the questions were first about your home and your family, then about what do you do to save energy, and about your food. The average I got was 5.71, so we need another planet to live.
Some of my friends got lower than me and some got more than me, the ones are less than I got 3.45 and the one are more than me got 6.4 and 8.7. UAE is considered one of the highest rates of energy consumption per person in the world, if it not the highest.
So we have to do something to save the energy and to reduce our carbon footprint especially in the UAE. We can adjust the AC and turn it back up few degrees and turn it off when you leave home, you will save money and you will make your footprint less. You can use energy saving light bulbs it’s more efficient and its last 10 times longer. So you will reduce your footprint and your money also!! So you every time you are going out you turn everything off and try to make your carbon foot smaller and smaller.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· Heroes of The UAE. 8 Apr. 2009
· Foot Print Calculator. 8 Apr. 2009
· Ecological Footprint Quiz. 8 Apr. 2009
The carbon footprint is a measure of the exclusive global amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by a human activity or accumulated over the full life cycle of a product or service.
We could measure our carbon footprint from two sites, and we took the average from the both site, the first site - http://footprint.wwf.org.uk - I got 4.32 the questions were classified in four categories food, travel, home and stuff. In the second site - http://www.myfootprint.org – I got 7.1 the questions were first about your home and your family, then about what do you do to save energy, and about your food. The average I got was 5.71, so we need another planet to live.
Some of my friends got lower than me and some got more than me, the ones are less than I got 3.45 and the one are more than me got 6.4 and 8.7. UAE is considered one of the highest rates of energy consumption per person in the world, if it not the highest.
So we have to do something to save the energy and to reduce our carbon footprint especially in the UAE. We can adjust the AC and turn it back up few degrees and turn it off when you leave home, you will save money and you will make your footprint less. You can use energy saving light bulbs it’s more efficient and its last 10 times longer. So you will reduce your footprint and your money also!! So you every time you are going out you turn everything off and try to make your carbon foot smaller and smaller.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· Heroes of The UAE. 8 Apr. 2009
· Foot Print Calculator. 8 Apr. 2009
· Ecological Footprint Quiz. 8 Apr. 2009
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