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GreenHouseGas Emmissions
GreenHouseGas Emmissions
FOOTPRINT?
A carbon footprint has historically been defined as the
total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused
by an organization, event, product or person.
It is probably an extension of the concept of
"ecological footprints" developed by the ecologist
William Rees at the University of British Columbia in
the early 1990s. Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, executive
director of the Global Footprint Network, states that
the phrase "carbon footprint" received "its biggest
boost in 2005 through an enormous BP media
campaign on the carbon footprint.
WHAT IS CARBON FOOTPRINT?
The total amount of greenhouse gases produced
to directly and indirectly support human
activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2).
Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions
of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by
your activities in a given time frame. Usually a
carbon footprint is calculated for the time period
of a year.
BASIC CALCULATION
Fuel Unit CO2 emitted per unit
Petrol 1 liter 2.3 kg
Gasoline 1 liter 2.3 kg
Diesel 1 liter 2.7 kg
Oil (heating) 1 liter 3.0 kg
If your car consumes 7.5 liter diesel per 100 km, then a
drive of 300 km distance consumes 3 x 7.5 = 22.5 liter
diesel, which adds 22.5 x 2.7 kg = 60.75 kg CO2 to your
personal carbon footprint.
Each of the following activities add 1 kg of CO2 to your
personal carbon footprint:
SCORING:
Yes = 2
Partially, presently discussing this = 1
No = 0
REPORT CARD
20-30 = You have made a start, but you are not yet a green
college.
• Learn about clubs, and how they should be organised and run.
This club will be an ideal place for you to gain these
understandings.
This club will promote environmental literacy as well as raise
the quality of your total educational experience.
By promoting the study of and actions on issues that really
interest you.
This club will increase your participation in all areas of
learning.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Education: Prepare an environmental literacy campaign: get
posters put up on bulletin boards.
Prepare dramatic presentations on issues.