My carbon footprint

Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

What’s your carbon footprint?

My carbon footprint was 5,85 tons of C02 per year.

What’s the average carbon footprint of a person?

The average carbon footprint of a person is 5 tons of C02 per year.

Part 2 - Take these Recycling Quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz- going-green/

http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Science-Quizzes/r/Recycling- Quiz.asp

Questions:

Hand washing dishes can use up to __50____ % more of water than using an efficient dishwasher.

Only about ____10_____ % of global energy comes from renewables.

True or false? Appliances that are turned off don’t use any electricity.

False. Even turned off, many appliances keep drawing power. 

Can you make paper out of hemp?

Yes. Hemp is also a very more sustainable option than wood paper, because hemp is one the fastest growing plants and can be harvested without damage the ecosystem.

Part 3- Video >> Top ten tips for recycling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbSEIOUp4w

Watch the video and choose the best 3 tips in your opinion.

1. In first place, the number 10. I pick this example because I think everytime one of us goes to shopping or at the supermarket needs to carry one or more reusable bags. Those bags replace the plastic ones and help to decrease the carbon footprint.

2. The number six, because is usual to have a lot of plastic bottles or things in general made of plastic taking lot’s of space. For recycle porpouses the best thing we can do with all those plastics it’s compact them.

3. The number 1. Maybe the most logical, it’s also one of the most important tips for recycling. If I lose my colection I’m only going to be a accumulating garbage.