Green Corner

A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc. The carbon footprint is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent.
A carbon footprint is made up of primary and secondary footprints.
1. The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation (e.g. car and plane). We have direct control of these.
2. The secondary footprint is a measure of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use - those associated with their manufacture and eventual breakdown. To put it very simply - the more we buy the more emissions will be caused on our behalf. We encourage and support alternative and renewable energy projects such as wind, solar, small hydro power and plant-a-tree. Tree sequestration reduces carbon emissions by taking Carbon Dioxide out of the atmosphere, through the process of photosynthesis.
Learn to how reduce your impact and offset your carbon footprint please visit http://www.carbonfootprint.com/

Plant a tree in Kenya for $12.81 US http://www.carbonfootprint.com/kenyatrees.aspx. Plant a tree in London, Yorkshire, North Ireland, Scotland, Wales for $20.92 US http://www.carbonfootprint.com/uktrees.aspx

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