What is your carbon footprint?Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide or CO2 emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels, the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced.
Primary and Secondary Footprints
The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation. The secondary footprint is a measure of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use. (Carbon Footprint)
Carbon OffsettingEach of our everyday actions, such as driving our cars, heating and cooling our homes, even cooking our food, consume energy and produce carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon offsetting is a way of compensating for the emissions produced with an equivalent carbon dioxide saving elsewhere in the world.
Carbon offsetting involves two steps –
- Calculate your own carbon footprint. There are many online calculators to help you do this (see below).
- The second step involves buying carbon offset credits from emission reduction projects. Such projects will prevent or remove an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide somewhere else on the planet.
- Some Carbon Footprint Calculators - Carbon Footprint - BP - An Inconvenient Truth - Conservation International
- Other Links of Interest - The Carbon Footprint of a Burger - Ecological Footprint Quiz
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