Transcript Where do you get your clothes?

Where do you get your
clothes?
Where do the clothes in all
those shops come from?
Where are all these countries?
How far away are they?
Bangladesh = 8101 km
127 hours by road or
5 days and 2 hours
Why does this matter?
If your clothes travel a long way to get to
you they increase your carbon foot
print.
What is your carbon foot print?
Your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide
that enters the atmosphere because of the
electricity and fuel you use.
It is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Your carbon footprint mostly depends on:
1.
How much energy you use to transport your food
and clothing
2.
How much energy you use to heat your home
3.
The electronics and appliances you use
4.
What kind of transport you use
5.
How often you fly.
What do we mean by carbon?
When people talk about carbon emissions and carbon
footprints, they usually mean carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions.
Carbon dioxide is released when we burn carbon-based
fuels. Almost all fuels are carbon-based, including:
1.
petrol and diesel in our cars and lorries
2.
gas, oil and coal in our homes and power stations
3.
jet fuel in aeroplanes.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas - it traps the sun's
heat and keeps the earth warm. Too much CO2 in the
air leads to climate change, also known as global
warming.
Other greenhouse gases, such as methane, also contribute
to climate change. Countries and organisations count
What can we do to reduce our
footprint?
We could buy clothes
that are made in this
country then they
wouldn’t create so
much carbon.
Clothes made in this
country are really
expensive my mum says
we can’t afford them!
What else can we do?
At school we’ve learnt to:
Reuse
Recycle
Reduce
I know we could
ReLIKE
our clothes! That would reduce our
carbon footprint and reduce waste,
reuse our clothes and recycle what
we already have.
ReLIKE?
How do we
do that?
http://www.relike.co.uk/intro/?open_video