Transcript Activity - Keele University

Greening Business: An
online teaching resource
Session 2: Climate, carbon and
business
Suggested activities
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness
Activity 1: Linking business and climate
change
• Describe, using a flow chart, the link between
University staff and students driving to the
University and global sea level rise
Commuting employees
(car driving)
?
Global sea-level rise
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness
Activity 2: CO2 equivalents
1) Convert the following emissions
data from an organization into a total
in tCO2e using Global Warming
Potential (GWP) values.
1) 3500 t CO2
2) 200 t CH4
3) 15 t N2O
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness
Activity 3: Energy use and CO2
emissions
• Your University uses 13,000 MW of
electricity each year
1)
Assuming this is all from grid-based
electricity, how much CO2 does this release
(weight)
2) What is the volume of this?
3) How many hot air balloons will this fill?
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness
Activity 4: Your own carbon footprint
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Calculate your total carbon footprint for the past
12 months using the following web tool:
www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx.
How des this compare to the UK average?
How does this compare to the average of other
countries?
What is the greatest contribution to your carbon
footprint?
How can you reduce your carbon footprint?
Do you think your carbon footprint has
increased or decreased since being at
University?
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness
Activity 5: Climate change impacts on
business
• Choose an industry that you may
want to work in in the future
• List the ways that your chosen
industry may be affected by global
warming
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, [email protected]
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness