Carbon Footprint Calculator
"Carbon Footprint" is a term coined in the 1990s describing "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person." Of course its more of a concept than a fixed mathematical model because much of our individual carbon footprint is created away from us. Every time we buy something, it's been made, packaged, sold to a distributor, transported, stocked and then sold to us. Everything in that process forms part of our carbon footprint. Many believe that our increased carbon footprint is adding to global warming. Others counter argue that global warming and cooling is a natural cycle in any event, citing that the last global warming phase some 1000 years ago took place long before industrialisation.
Regardless of the arguments, a simple question is "is it a good or a bad thing that we're pumping so many harmful gasses into our environment?" If you believe it's a bad thing, then every time you think you need something do you need to drive to get it and is it available from local resources whereby the carbon footprint created in getting it to you is minimalized. This Carbon Footprint Calculator is a tool designed to help people understand the impact their lifestyle is having on the environment through CO2 generransportation and travel, activities, energy use, food, and recycling you can determine about how much CO2 emissions you generate in a year. By looking at the details and reports, this should give you an idea on where you can cut back and make the most impact in helping our environment. The calculator also makes helpful suggestions about how you can offset your own carbon footprint by helping ecological projects across the world. |
