How big is Your Carbon Footprint?

Our carbon footprint is the measure of the impact our activities have on the environment. It is based on the amount of green house gases produced in our day-to-day life, through burning fuel for electricity, heating and transportation.

In Canada we produce a total of 747 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. In my opinion I think Canadians have a high carbon footprint. So an average Canadian produces approximately 24 tonnes of greenhouse gases every year.

Media advertisements have a great impact on our carbon footprint. All around we see ads which influence us to buy something. The emission from the factories and industries are let into our atmosphere during the process of manufacturing the product we buy. So the products that we buy like cars, video games, etc increase our carbon footprint.

So why is it important? It gives you an idea of the kind of impact you are having on the Earth just living day to day. With this knowledge you can start taking steps to reduce your footprint. We don’t want our Earth to turn into a giant, hot ball do we?!

Don’t want to control your Carbon footprint? Imagine after 50 years:

- Demand for food will increase by 60%

- Demand for water will increase by 40 %

- Demand for energy will increase by 60%

Think about filling your stomach, and drinking clean water! We will all be fighting for these supplies. This is what could be happening in our lifetime! Do you want this to happen? If not then measure your carbon footprint and reduce the amount of Carbon dioxide used in your life.

Measure Your Carbon Footprint and change the world:

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