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Activity: CARBON FOOTPRINT WATER FOOTPRINT
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Date(s) of Activity: 09/27/2021
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1) Describe the activity and your experience. Summarize the results that you found after you calculated your carbon/water footprint on at least three websites.
2) Explain the main results (differences in the calculations) and which of these results you consider most accurately reflects your true annual footprint.
Based on these results
1) Describe three actions that you could, or did do, to reduce your carbon/water footprint.
2) Estimate how much these actions would reduce your carbon/water footprint and report the number.
3) Discuss how likely you may be to carry these actions into your life as you potentially have multiple house-mates/family/partners/children.
4) What are two potential reasons the actions may become difficult when you are no longer a student?
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If you take all of the new actions you’ve selected: Dollar Savings CO Reduction
Turn down heating thermostat on winter nights by 5℉ $8 69 lbs.
Turn up A/C thermostat in summer by 10℉ $50 427 lbs.
Replace 2 incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR lights $8 66 lbs.
Enable the power management features on your computer $13 108 lbs.
Replace your refrigerator with ENERGY STAR models $38 324 lbs.
Replace your window with ENERGY STAR models $150 7,441 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 1 $16 40 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 2 with one that gets MPG $NaN NaN lbs.
Replace Vehicle 3 with one that gets MPG $NaN NaN lbs.
Recycle: glass 102 lbs.
Your Estimated Totals: $283 8,577 lbs.
By taking all of the actions you are already doing: Dollar Savings CO Reduction
Wash your clothes in cold water $6 50 lbs.
Perform regular maintenance on your vehicles $33 181 lbs.
Recycling: newspapers, plastic, magazines 705 lbs.
Your Estimated Totals: $39 936 lbs.
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A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide
and methane) that are generated by our actions.
The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the
highest rates in the world. Globally, the average is closer to 4 tons. To have the best
chance of avoiding a 2℃ rise in global temperatures, the average global carbon
footprint per year needs to drop under 2 tons by 2050.
Lowering individual carbon footprints from 16 tons to 2 tons doesn’t happen
overnight! By making small changes to our actions, like eating less meat, taking less
connecting flights and line drying our clothes, we can start making a big difference.
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For every 5 MPG you improve
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