Now I have been trying to reduce my carbon footprint so much! I want to help the planet. She gives me so much I should give something back. I will have a contest. I'm gonna be getting some blank cloth bags and decorating them to inform people about it. I want to have someone draw what they think a carbon footprint label should look like.

I will let people vote (on deviantart and in person) and I will take that and iron it onto the cloth bag with you deviantart link or your website link. So not only are we giving the world some 411 on how to save the planet earth, you get some advertising in the process. I will even send you one or more for yourself. Everyone should participate. Everyone needs to be aware of what we contribute to the pollution. Wither you believe in global warming or not. We still need to cut down on everything we do.

First take the test to see your footprint. [link] If you are not sure just ask your parents for help. Parents also need to understand what impact they have on this world. When your done here is a page to learn how to reduce your footprint [link] . For anyone who wants to know mine is Total To Offset = 5.78 tonnes of CO2.

Question? Just message me.

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 the sum of two parts, the primary footprint (shown by the green slices of the pie chart) and the secondary footprint (shown as the yellow slices).

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.