My Carbon Footprint

BY : Stephanie Dunleavy

What is a Carbon FootprintA Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our

activities have on the environment, and in

particular climate change. It relates to the amount of

greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives

through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and

transportation etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE_4VLWUBu8

My house hold footprintFor a house of five :1.25 metric tons: 1/5 of 3000 USD ($) of

electricity in New York 2.77 metric tons: 1/5 of 3600 USD ($) of

natural gas in New York 4.12 metric tons: 1/5 of 1800 US gallons of

heating oil 0.93 metric tons: 1/5 of 800 US gallons of

propane

How we can reduce our carbon footprintMy Family could reduce our carbon foot print

by using energy saving light bulbs in all of the rooms in our house because we only use them in a few.

We could also be sure to turn off all the lights when we are not using the room or the television.

What we already do to reduce our carbon footprint

My family already uses cold water for our laundry to make sure it doesn’t

waste electricity by making the water warm. We also make sure we

fill our dishwasher full before we run a cycle so it doesn’t waste water.