1. Human Footprints
Emily Briese, Spencer Gall, Cathy James, Connor Boyle, Jordan Budrevich, Karmyn Wilford

2. Learning Objectives
Compare differences between nitrogen, carbon, and water footprints within their own fields
Use these practical approaches to understand how to reduce footprints
Compare US impacts vs national impacts

3. Calculating Footprints
Carbon:
Location, # people, utility bill info, car info, recycle
Nitrogen:
Food consumption and diet, housing and utilities, transportation, spending
Water:
Meat consumption, region, yearly income

4. Carbon Footprint
Description: amount of carbon emitted due to consumption of fossil fuels
Daily activities emit greenhouse gas emissions → carbon footprint
Driving, doing laundry, recycling, household appliances
History: Since 2011, global CO2 emissions are said to be an average of 150x larger than they were in 1850.
US is second largest emitter, with emissions 266x greater than 1850
Importance: Monitoring and reducing carbon footprint → stop global warming/ climate change

5. Personal Carbon Footprint

6. What is a Nitrogen Footprint?
Nitrogen makes up 78% of the atmosphere
Reactive Nitrogen has effect on the environment and humans
7 times more reactive nitrogen is created by humans than nature
Approximately 80% of reactive nitrogen used in agriculture is absorbed into the environment prior to consumption.
Source:

7. Effects of Excess Reactive Nitrogen
Algae Bloom
Acid Rain
Ozone hole
Smog
Forest Die-back
Soruce:

8. Personal Nitrogen Footprint

9. Personal Nitrogen Footprint (cont.)

10. Water Footprint The type and quantity of water used
Provides a basis for identifying the impacts of goods/services
Green Water
Volume of water flow for human activities
Blue Water
Volume of ground/surface water consumed and evaporated
Grey Water
Volume of water polluted by humans

11. Personal Water Footprint
More questions
Vague questions m3

12. How to Reduce Footprints
Carbon:
Transportation (carpooling, walking, bus), energy efficient appliances, eat local and organic food, recycling
Nitrogen:
Altering diet (less meat consumption, organic), energy efficient appliances, transportation
Water:
Water conscious appliances, only use water when necessary, diet
All of these have similar overlying tones!

13. Footprinting: Blackboard
To learn more about Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water footprints, visit the K&S folder!
I have inserted a link and an initial photo if we have time when we are presenting
-The link is in the textbox FYI

14. Sources https://cotap.org/reduce-carbon-footprint/