A personal ecological footprint is measured by the number of natural resources an individual uses. After taking a ecological footprint quiz‚ I learned that it would take 4.5 earths to support me and my daily useage. The quiz breaks down you usage by five categories. These categories include food‚ shelter‚ mobility‚ goods and service. In order of greatest usage to least‚ my categories were in the following order: services‚ food‚ shelter‚ goods and mobility. Services and goods can be defined
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the carbon footprint of plastic grocery bags during its life cycle‚ I should first explain what does the carbon footprint term stand for‚ I would take the definition given in the textbook of this course‚ "The carbon footprint is the total emissions of CO2‚ more specifically greenhouse gases as CO2‚ equivalent (CO2e)‚ that is generated by individual‚ organization‚ event‚ product or process over its life-cycle". Knowing what the carbon footprint means now‚ I know that for discussing the carbon footprint
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“The Effort/Methods to Reduce My Carbon Footprint and Emissions Ratings” By Elaine Unit 8 Project I have never considered myself as person who was interested in saving the planet or an environment lover; however‚ even as a child I was always fearful of contributing to the growing pollution that I saw as a child growing up in a small town in Rochester‚ NY. I can still see the trash that lined the sidewalks and the garbage thrown on the highways. What always haunted me was
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for this development is the increasing CO2 emissions all over the world. In this case organizations play an important role. And that’s where green supply chain management comes into play. My question is: What can companies do to reduce the carbon footprints of their supply chains? The first issue is the problem of less than truckload shipments. So consolidating it into full truckloads would be a cheaper and greener solution. To advance truckload delivery‚ the enterpriser may install order
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Hundreds of small‚ medium and large companies’ measure manage and report their Green House Gas emissions‚ but very few report their water footprint. Water is as important as the air we breathe. We may be able to survive without electricity‚ but not without water. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency‚ an average US family of four uses about 400 gallons of water from their daily activities such as: taking shower‚ laundry‚ washing dishes and flushing the toilet [1]. This water consumption
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The temperatures are rising‚ and so are the sea levels. Glaciers are vanishing and the arctic ice is melting.If we don’t reduce our carbon footprint‚ soon (the next 50-100 years) almost all coastal cities and island nations will be under water and the inlands will be hit by long-lasting droughts. Reducing your carbon footprint means releasing less and less carbon and other greenhouse gases into our atmosphere.When you use electricity and power‚travel in vehicles and when you run factories and
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My Ecological Footprint ended with a couple of facts attached to it. It stated that if everyone lived like I did‚ we would need 4.6 planet earths to provide all of the resources everyone needed. In order to continue in supporting my lifestyle it takes 2.5 global acres of the earths productive area. Lastly‚ what I saw on my pie chart was that the services section was the highest one at a 43%‚ while the rest were between 12% and 16%. What I feel about these findings is large disappointment. For starters
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Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you‚ how many planet Earth’s would we need? 5.6 To support your lifestyle‚ how many productive global acres area needed? 25.7 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 31
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Social studies essay: ecological footprint The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the earth’s eco-systems .Although the majority of new zealander’s are aware of the damage that is being caused to the environment‚ our ecological footprint size per person in hectares was a shocking 7.6 . This information was recorded back in 2001 and since then we unfortunately have increased from 7.6 to 7.7 . so is the clean green 100% pure new Zealand motto really valid and if not ‚ what can we
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ICT footprint Pilot testing on methodologies for energy consumption and carbon footprint of the ICT-sector FINAL REPORT A study prepared for the European Commission DG Communications Networks‚ Content & Technology Digital Agenda for Europe This study was carried out for the European Commission by Internal identification SMART-Nr 2011/0078 LEGAL NOTICE The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the
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