CARBON FOOTPRINT

The carbon footprint is the measurement for the impact that the human activities have on the earth. It’s mostly the measurement of the carbon dioxide.

We could measure our carbon footprint from two sites, and we took the average from the both site, the first website (Heroes of the UAE), I need 0.5 planets according to four categories food, travel, home and stuff were classified. That means 10.0 tonnes of CO2 per year. In the second website (footprint.wwf), I needed to 6.71 the questions were first about your home and your family, then about what do you do to save energy, and about your food. The average I got was 5.6, so if everyone in the world uses as much as me, so they need five planets and a half.

Some of my classmate got lower than me and some got more than me, the ones who got less than me is Yasser. His footprint is 3.07 planet and the ones who got more than I got is Sami. His footprint is 6.1 and 9.17. The UAE is considered one of the highest rates of energy consumption per person in the world, if it not the highest.

So we have to do something to save the energy and to reduce our carbon footprint especially in the UAE. We can adjust the AC and turn it back up few degrees and turn it off when you leave home, you will save money and you will make your footprint less. You can use energy saving light bulbs, because they are more efficient and they last 10 times longer. So you will reduce your footprint and your money also!! So when ever you go out remember to turn everything off and try to make your carbon foot smaller and smaller.


BIBLIOGRAPHY


Heroes of the UAE. 30 Apr. 2009 http://www.heroesoftheuae.ae/en.

WWF Footprint Calculator. 30 Apr. 2009 http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/.