The Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in tones of carbon dioxide. Now I am going to report on my measurement of carbon footprint.
I measured my carbon footprint using two websites. In the first website, there were many questions asking about few habits in my life. For examples, food, way of traveling, some information and consumptions in my home (Carbon Footprint) and my average was 3.20. The next website is about the consumptions for UAE households. It is something, it measure the activities of our household. For examples, cooling, cooking and more. However it compares your average with others to support your household energy (Household Carbon Footprint Calculator). My average was normally.
Many people did same thing, not just me. I compared myself with the classmates. I sow there are a little different with them. I compared with three of them and I was the forth. My average was 2.45. The first one of my friend was waled, he got lower than me. Than khalile got more than waled by two. Salem got 3.20 and alawi got more than me. Regarding in the country, the average was 2.2, it’s lower than me (Pardi).
I think the average of carbon footprint in very high. That means the energy make it very high. So we should to reduce it by reducing the using of energy. The main idea is we should work to gather. The ways to reduce it are Switch to green electricity and insulate your home properly.
Works Cited
"Carbon Footprint." WWf Footprint Calcutor. Ed. Torchbox. 2009. 21 Apr. 2009 http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/questionnaires/show/1/1/1.
"Household Carbon Footprint Calculator." Heroesoftheuae. 21 Apr. 2009
>.Pardi, Robert. "UAE: The future of cleantech?" Cleantech. 10 Apr. 2009. 21 Apr. 2009 http://cleantech.com/news/4354/united-arab-emirates-uae-future-cleantech.
Hi Basel,
ReplyDeleteYour experiment looks interesting. Could you please describe your research in more detail? Make a bar chart to compare your results with those of your classmates. Explain where you think the high scores come from, and why the two surveys give different results.
Similarly, in your recommendations, give details about how you, personally, can reduce your carbon footprint. It's best to describe the same areas as the ones from your research.
Keep up the good work!