1. One Foot, Two Foot, Red Foot, Green Foot
Carbon Footprints

2. Questions to consider:
1. What do you think the term “carbon footprint” means?
2. Do you think it is desirable to have a big one or a small one? Why?
Questions to consider:

3. Definition: the measured amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted through combustion fossil fuels.
The footprint is the amount of carbon-based natural resources consumed by person, company, community, country over a time period
On a large scale, it is expressed in tons while for an individual/household, it is calculated in pounds
CO2 & greenhouse gases are believed to be the cause of climate change & global warming.
Carbon Footprint

4. Reducing Carbon Footprints
3. List ways you could decrease your carbon footprint.
Share & discuss
4. Of your list (# 4), which of these options do you think most people would be willing to do?
Consider: replace 3 light bulbs with compact fluorescents saves 300 pounds; increase the thermostat from 68 to 70 (2,000 pounds); take shorter showers (350 pounds), turn off electricity not being used (1000 pounds); install solar panels
Carbon-Footprint
Reducing Carbon Footprints

5. Your Impact & Influence
5. Estimate your carbon footprint (in tons)
a. Let’s calculate it for an average family…
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6. What would be the global impact if people in the world lived like we did?
7. How – if at all – do you expect climate change to affect you during your lifetime?
a. What about the next generation?
What is the impact of humans?
8. Create a triple venn diagram comparing how families in the U.S., India, & Cameroon live, as well as their use of & impact on the environment
(25 minutes)
Consider that it follows 3 families in the US, India & Cameroon (industrial, emerging, & developing country respectively)
Your Impact & Influence

6. Let’s read about Eco-Footprints 
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