...Carbon footprint Name Institutional Affiliation According to the carbon calculator, my greenhouse gas emission was estimated to be 27 tons per year (Lynas, & HarperCollins, 2007). Out of this emission, the amount of carbon dioxide produced per year was 83.3%. This percentage of carbon dioxide is mostly contributed by home energy. The high amounts of greenhouse gases produced is due to the usage of hydrocarbons in heating and lighting where an estimate of 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide are produced. In addition, my vehicle emits an extra estimate of 1.4 tons of carbon dioxide for 30 miles in a week. My consumption of meat has an impact of 4.1 tons of carbon dioxide per year. All these personal activities made me realize the personal impact an individual can have to the environment (Bishop, 2008). From the learning outcome, I really feel I have a role to play in the environment. This is because I was not aware of the harm I was causing to the environment in contributing to greenhouse effects. I now appreciate the importance of keeping low personal carbon footprint (Bishop, 2008). After calculating my carbon footprint, I realized I had an impact on the environment. This impact is much more than I am supposed to and hence the need to try my level best to lower the amount of carbon dioxide I contribute to the environment (Lynas, & HarperCollins, 2007). Part of my life contributing the most carbon is lighting and heating where I mostly use hydrocarbons for such purposes...
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...Special report│Carbon management Towards a carbon footprint sustainable supply chain As the planet is heats up, so do mandates for manufacturers to reduce their carbon emissions. While manufacturers have been doing their bit in their manufacturing units, their carbon efficient initiatives has ceased to become a mere CSR activity, a movement, or a political leaning. It has transformed into business and economic viability. Today, manufacturers are pushed out of their production silos to consider the entire supply chain and look for new opportunities to erase the carbon footprints effectively – from sourcing to production, to distribution and product afterlife. The need today is for manufacturers to integrate an effective carbon reduction strategy into supply chain to reduce footprint, enhance their corporate image and reap the cost advantage. Attempting to please the ecological police with environmental initiatives and stakeholders with improved savings upon energy consumption, manufacturing companies have come a long way in their energy efficient initiatives. They have come out of their manufacturing facilities’ silos and have started to take an integrated view of their supply chains to erase the most villainous presence of the ‘carbon footprints’. Although manufacturing companies traditionally limited their supply chain optimisation vision to minimising costs to partners in the supply chain and maximising service to the customers, the current scenario is quickly moving...
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...The term ‘carbon footprint’ has become tremendously popular over the last few years and is now in widespread use across the media. With climate change high up on the political and corporate agenda, carbon footprint calculations are in strong demand. Numerous approaches have been proposed to provide estimates, ranging from basic online calculators to sophisticated life-cycle analysis or input-output-based methods and tools. Despite its ubiquitous use however, there is an apparent lack of academic definitions of what exactly a ‘carbon footprint’ is meant to be. The scientific literature is surprisingly void of clarifications, despite the fact that countless studies in energy and ecological economics that could have claimed to measure a ‘carbon footprint’ have been published over decades. This report explores the apparent discrepancy between public and academic use of the term ‘carbon footprint’ and suggests a scientific definition based on commonly accepted accounting principles and modelling approaches. It addresses methodological question such as system boundaries, completeness, comprehensiveness, units and robustness of the indicator. >>> Processes causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions benefit humans by providing consumer goods and services. This benefit, and hence the responsibility for emissions, varies by purpose or consumption category and is unevenly distributed across and within countries. We quantify greenhouse gas emissions associated with the final consumption...
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...Carbon footprint. What is your carbon footprint? That’s a question I was not prepared for. I had no clue what a carbon footprint was or how to even answer that question. I was worried I would never understand what was being asked of me. Luckily my sociology teacher provided a website that would give me better understanding of what my carbon footprint was and how to break it down. The Nature Conservancy Carbon Calculator on Nature.org had questions for me to answer that would determine how much carbon I was responsible for. According to the carbon calculator my estimated greenhouse gas emission is 39 tons of carbon dioxide a year whereas the average person releases 27 tons in a year (Nature.org). Out of the estimated tons of carbon I release in a year, 83.3 % has to do with home energy. I have a detached, single family home with 2 bedrooms, and that makes my estimated impact jump to 27 tons of carbon dioxide a year (Nature.org). When I was heating and cooling my home I didn’t think twice when adjusting my thermostat. If I was hot I would turn the air down, when cold the heat went up. By doing that I was causing an estimated impact of 2.5 tons of CO2 per year. (Nature.org). There are other things in which I produce different amounts of CO2, driving my big Ford F150 roughly 30 miles in a week puts out an estimated 1.4 tons of CO2 per year (Nature.org). I eat red meat most days but I don’t eat it with every meal. My red meat consumption has an estimated impact of 4.1 tons of CO2...
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...Carbon Footprint versus Ecological Footprint The term carbon footprint refers to the whole set of green house gases or emissions caused by an event, an organization, a person, or even a person. However, this definition requires a vast amount of data which takes forever to collect. As a result, this renders it impracticable, and experts have to look for a definition they can be able to work with. The most accepted definition of the carbon footprint defines the term as the entirety of the amount of methane and carbon dioxide gases produced by a defined population, activity or system, putting into consideration all the sinks, storage and sources within the temporal and spatial boundaries of either the population, activity or system. Greenhouse gases, which are made up of mostly carbon dioxide and methane gas can be emitted during activities such as land clearance, transport using means which use fossil fuels as a source of energy, production and subsequent of fuels, foods, manufactured goods, material, and building roads and buildings. The carbon blue print of a nation, an individual or that of an organization can be determined by undertaking an assessment of greenhouse gas emission. Once the footprint’s size is known, measures can be used to try and reduce it. Some of the measures taken by individuals, nations and organization to reduce their carbon footprint include carbon offsetting, technological improvements, and better product and process management. The ecological footprint...
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...Running head: CARBON FOOTPRINT HYPOTHESIS COMPARISION Carbon Footprint Hypothesis Comparison Lori Jaide Watson Kaplan University SC225: Environmental Science: Ecosystems, Resources, and Carbon Footprints Anna Spaulding, Instructor February 25, 2013 Science is an on-going and constantly expanding observation of the scientific method continuously resulting in revision. As a result, research is reviewed and revised which allow scientists opportunities to collect discoveries of world-wide new evidence. Once new discoveries are established and hypothesis tested, science is altered. Consequently, there are some applicable rules relevant to scientific concepts specifically the steps leading to the Scientific Method that affirm the validity of research. Theories of law and nature are subject to change, based on new observations (Wiley, 2010). Testing and observation allows proven evidence (scientific method) that become facts and not fiction. I was compelled to apply the scientific method in real life because I am making a conscious effort to think more deeply about the impact of lifestyle choices on overall carbon emissions. I recently considered earth-friendly ways to commute to work and give my car a break. I decided to walk to work because driving emits carbon dioxide and is a contributing factor to global warming. I now walk to work three days out of the week instead of two days to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money on fuel, and have influence over...
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...The following carbon footprint calculation is based on my personal boundary that the amount consumed by myself. The amount consumed is calculated from February 2015 when I moved to the new apartment where I am living to February 2016 which is easier to calculate. Explanation of the calculation of carbon footprint The amount of emission of carbon dioxide can be calculated by the ISA-GHG calculator based on the dollar amount spent on individual activity. Generally, my weekly budget could be divided into three parts: rent, entertainment cost and food cost on supermarkets. Rent accounts for the largest proportion of it, followed by food on supermarkets and entertainment cost. Specifically, individual spending can be evidenced by the receipts and I having been recoding my weekly expense for a long time so they are all reliable sources for the carbon footprint calculation. Moreover, I am living in a shared house with my flatmates, the electricity bill, rent and water bill should be divided by the number of people living in the department to calculate an accurate number. The classification of GHG emission According to the classification of GHG emission, my daily activities can be divided into Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3. Under the food section, I have the direct ownership of those food and vegetable so activities related to them are considered as Scope 1. Under the Housing section, my activity in the past year didn't get involved to natural gas and construction and maintenance...
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...What is Your Carbon Footprint? Carbon footprint, what is that? It is a measurement of the environmental impact of a particular individual or organization’s lifestyle or operation, measured in units of carbon dioxide. Upon calculating my own carbon footprint, the results were 19,373 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Compared to the United States average of 20,750 pounds. Surprisingly that is only a difference of 1,377 pounds. In comparison to other countries like China, which are approximately 21,995 pounds and India at an estimated 1,245 pounds. The United States falls in the median at 20,750 pounds. That is a difference of 4% with China and 13% with India. What makes the difference? Any attempt to decrease the effects of your carbon emissions by either participating in other activities which have the same end results. There is a plethora of ways to offset your carbon emissions. For instance, on the road remember to stay intact with your vehicle’s maintenance and upkeep. Ensure you are getting tune-ups according manufacturer’s specifications for your make and model. Check your vehicles tire pressure and fluids, often. Reduction in the load you carry in your vehicle can also help. Also, utilize renewable fuels like E85. At home, switch out your regular light bulbs for the energy efficient bulbs. Turn off and or unplug any electronic devices when not in use. Utilize “Blackout Curtains” in rooms with lots of sunlight to regulate temperate...
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...Literature Review on households / individual carbon footprints Households’ carbon footprints have fluctuated on a regular basis for many years. Why is this the case? Surely our carbon footprint should be reducing with ever increasing pressures from Governments and NGOs to consider the consequences of our lifestyles on the future of our planet. This is not the result though, “our needs and desires are expressed in the consumer demand for commodities, and it is this demand for goods and services which drives the production processes that consume resources” (Druckman, Jackson, 2009). Druckman and Jackson aim to understand carbon dioxide emissions from economic activity and “explore the variation in carbon footprints across different segments of society.” Druckman and Jackson found that affluence was a big factor in determining carbon emission disparities but it was not the only factor. Using a Local Area Resource Analysis (LARA) model, they realised that dwelling type and household composition also played a part. Using a variety of different methods and data, Druckman and Jackson tried to understand the variations in the UK’s carbon emissions. Examples of the different types of data in the literature were: “Allocation table for high level functional uses”, trends in CO2 and household expenditure in the UK and “CO2 emissions attributable to Supergroups”. In almost all research projects there are assumptions and limitations and this was also the case in this literature. Druckman and...
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...Name:________________________________ Cornerstone 1: Biology Carbon Footprint Exit Ticket Directions: Compare the pairs of mitigation actions by filling in with ‘>’ (greater than), ‘<’ (less than) or ‘=’ (about the same) in terms of how many tons of CO2 does each action save. 1. Moving from a house to an apartment _______ Changing to energy efficient light bulbs 2. Reducing two loads of laundry per week. _______ Starting to turn off the TV when not watching it. 3. Stop using air conditioning in some of the rooms during the summer. _______ Switching from a large SUV to a midsized car. 4. Flying in an airplane one less time per year. _______ Eating one less time a week at a fast food restaurant. 5. Starting to recycle plastic. _______...
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...Mary Vahle E227 Global Solutions February 20, 2015 Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Mary Vahle E227 Global Solutions February 20, 2015 Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Table of Contents INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….1 Reducing office waste1 Creating a Recycling Program1 Buy Recycled Materials1 Renewable Energy………………………………………………………………………...2 Install Smart Power Strips…………………………………………………………...2 Utilizing Motion Sensors and Timers………...….…………………………………..2 Becoming Globally Efficient3 Ensuring That Tires Are Properly Recycled3 Creating Better Energy Efficiency in Trucks3 References………………………………………………………………………………… Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Introduction E227 Global Solutions has been committed to the research and development of green technologies. We are also dedicated to providing “greener” options to our customers. However, the company does not use many green practices internally. Reducing Office Waste We have a responsibility for the waste we produce and the proper disposal of such waste. While creating a recycling program internally is a great start, we can’t stop there. We must also reduce the amount of waste that is produced. Recycling and reducing waste can reduce operating costs and result in savings in waste collection. Creating a Recycling and Reduction Program Nearly 77% of all office waste can be recycled. By implementing a recycling program, the company takes a small step towards becoming greener...
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...Nikki Jones CRJS 404 AIU - Unit 2 - Individual Project Justice For Joe September 2014 Abstract A town holds a bar in that bar there are people drinking. Three customers who have a past in the area of an old relationship and a new relationship involving the same woman. The three people heave problem; this leads to quarrel things get heated and out of control. The customer crowd around to see the action. A Small Town holds the working people who like to kick back and enjoy some adult beverages at the well-known hang out Turn-a-Round Lounge. This is a public bar as any public place there are can be great time and also drama. That are time when drama goes too far and people are harmed on this night harm turned in to a murder. At one time, Joe had a relationship with women named Michelle their relationship ended. Michelle started a relationship with a man named Sam. Joe completed his working day and stopped in for a beer. There was a nice crowd in the bar of 20 people. Joe and Sam began to a verbal conflict; this grew to be a physical fight, and then Sam pulled his knife on Joe stabbing his chest and slit his aorta. When a fight breaks out the natural reaction to the public to gather around and see what is happening, this is the same reaction that people have to a car accident. (Park, 2010). The after effect also followed once the fight was finished in this case Joe was no longer able to fight; everyone disappeared, besides a select few. The bartender was a Good Samaritan...
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...beyond today’s mainstream computer systems. While APUs seek to deliver a superior, immersive PC experience, they also can provide tangible environmental benefits. By eliminating a chip to chip link and by introducing new holistic power management techniques, the APUs are designed to be more power efficient than current generation platforms that have both computational and graphical capabilities. This paper compares the environmental impact of one of AMD’s first APU products against an equivalent computer platform powered by the current generation of AMD processors (CPUs and GPUs). By conducting a business to consumer (B2C) lifecycle assessment, this study compares the total lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (also known as a “carbon footprint”) of an APU system (based on the 18W dual-core processor codenamed “Zacate” and the M1 chipset codenamed “Hudson”) with the latest AMD system codenamed “Nile” (which is based on an AMD Athlon™ Neo II Dual Core processor, SB820 Southbridge, RS880M Northbridge with an ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5430 discrete graphics card). This study concludes that the APU system offers significant GHG benefits (up to a 40% emissions reduction) when compared with the Nile platform. Introduction Climate change has become perhaps the most important environmental issue of our time. Policymakers, businesses, and consumers alike have made this issue a central focus. In light of the environmental threat and the emerging GHG...
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...e. all operations across the activity chain/value chain, which impact the business in either one or all the three dimensions. Carbon impact is not limited within the boundaries of owned operations but in the total activity and value chain, - vendors and consumers. Utilizing life cycle assessment approach can be a useful way to understand the full impacts across the activity/ value chain. On knowing, where the main impacts are, organisation can influence that part of the value chain by working with relevant vendors or consumers for promoting its quest for sustainable development. ONGC‟s new corporate vision emphasizes the organizational growth through sustainable development, in keeping with the organizational mission of attaining carbon neutrality. Accordingly, ONGC will need to have a holistic organizational practice to reduce carbon footprint. This is a background note of the way to engage our vendors towards our object of sustainable development. Definition: “Greening the Vendor Chain” refers to buyer or recipient companies requiring a certain level of environmental responsibility in core business practices of the suppliers and vendors providing materials / services. This will essentially mean the practices and processes in partnering with, or influencing the suppliers and contractors to reduce their carbon foot print. Many businesses have internal standards, policies, and/or environmental management systems that govern their...
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...Dhurim Gjureci The Measure of Ecological Footprint in Hopes to Reduce Human Consumption on the Earths Resources To: Benjamin Bradshaw GEOG*2210 (DE) S14 Environment and Resources From: Dhurim Gjureci 0678764 Thursday, July 17, 2014 The Measure of Ecological Footprint in Hopes to Reduce Human Consumption on the Earths Resources 1 GEOG 2210 S14 Dhurim Gjureci The Measure of Ecological Footprint in Hopes to Reduce Human Consumption on the Earths Resources By: Dhurim Gjureci Table of Contents What is Ecological Footprint? How is Ecological Footprint Measured? The Current State of the Earth Canada’s Ecological Footprint The Importance of Knowing Our Ecological Footprint Reduction Efforts Conclusion Bibliography ...
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