Transcript Carbon Footprint Reduction

Carbon Footprint
Reduction
Period 1 English 12
Jaime Brown
Transportation
• Inefficient Cars:
• Hummer
• Diesel
•Efficient Cars:
•Hybrids
•Chevy Volt
•Electric
–By choosing the type of transportation
can really affect the carbon foot print of
the world.
–By choosing a hybrid or an electric car
over a full gassed or diesel car will
successfully reduce the need of fossil fuels
that put out carbon dioxide.
Energy Proof Your Home
• Switch from incandescent to compact
florescent light bulbs. Compact florescent
light bulbs use about 75 percent less
energy than our normal light bulbs and
last much longer.
• Unplug appliances that you don't use
frequently.
• Proper insulation in your home can have a
huge impact on your heating and cooling
bill if done right.
Bottled Water
• Try using
reusable bottles
because in
landfills plastic
bottles take
years to
decompose and
as it decomposes
it releases toxins
in to the
atmosphere.
Just taking the time to
recycle the bottles can
reduce the carbon foot
print and be reused in
other products to help
decrease the cost of
materials.
Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle
• Everyday we throw our
garbage away and it ends
up in land fills where the
trash is burned sending
gases in to the
atmosphere.
• But if the time is taken to
just sort the small things out
such as bottles, plastic, and
paper it can create a huge
impact in the landfills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8BwXp7ICs0
•Just reusing some
everyday objects could
help in the process of
cutting back on
manufacturing of
bottles and other
recyclable items.
Work Cited
• "How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by One Ton a Year :
TreeHugger." TreeHugger. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/how-toreduce-your-carbon-footprint-by-one-ton-a-year.html>.
• "Reduce Reuse Recycle #15 » Just Symbol." Just Symbol.
N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.justsymbol.com/reduce-reuse-recycle-15.html>.
• "Sustainable living - Green Wiki." Green Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 22
Dec. 2011.
<http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Sustainable_living>.
• "WikiLeaks: Hummers, Numbers, and Oligarchs: Who™s Who
on Armenia™s Streetsâ™ | Armenian Weekly." Armenian
Weekly. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Dec. 2011.
<http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/09/01/wikileakshummers/>.
• "Your Carbon Footprint | Create and Share." Create and
Share. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Dec. 2011.
<http://www.createandshare.net/mother-earth/sustainableworld/carbon-footprint.html>.