Transcript Climate Change L8 - Nicole

Climate Change
Lesson 8
Your carbon footprint
SNC2P
Nicole Klement
Your carbon footprint
• A Carbon footprint is your unique individual
contribution to the amount of anthropogenic
atmospheric carbon dioxide.
• What activities do you think are used to
establish a footprint?
• Divide these activities into those that reduce
vs. increase your footprint.
Virtual Carbon Footprint Quiz
• As a class we will visit:
• http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.p
hp/GFN/page/calculators/
• With your results: answer the questions on
the worksheet “Personal Carbon Footprint”.
Your opinion
• After a month of learning about weather,
climate, global warming and climate change.
What is your opinion on the matter?
Different Perspectives
On Climate Change
Scientific media:
Non-scientific media:
• David Suzuki
• Exxon:
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http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/
• The weather Network:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/climatechange/videos_climatechange_impact/3
http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ExxonMobil-
GlobalWarming-tobacco.html
• Paid Think tank:
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http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_con
trarians/global-warming-skeptic.html
Alberta Oil Sands
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Intro to oil sands:
Greenpeace:
Planet 100:
60 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBePqKw7tyk&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL7A278511631A1822
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iRVTYWrAX0&feature=related
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/planet-100-canadas-oil-sands-more-toxic-than-ever.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALCTOs2zakc&feature=related