MY CARBON FOOTPRINT

Carbon footprint is the amount of the carbon that every person on this earth affects the environment. They call it carbon footprint because the bad habits or behaviors which come from people and put their mark on this earth I thought that I am very environmentally but I was really disappointed when I saw my score which was 4.09. It means that if all people will do like me we will need four planets to live. For food the percentage was 12%, home 9%, stuff 24% and the biggest percentage which I scored 55% and it’s horrible.

First of all, let’s turn our attention to the lowest percentage in my life which is just 9%, because I am living in a flat with my sister’s husband. However, I eat meat once weekly; my score for it was 12%. But the problems started from the two other activities such as stuff when I scored 24%, because every two months I change my mobile phones with the fashion. In addition, last month I bought eight AC because our problem is each person must has his own room with an AC and they turn it on for long time daily even nobody is at home. The most dangerous factor which affected my score was the transportation. Having a 4x4 petrol car will cause the biggest percent in the carbon footprint when I got 55% in my quiz. Moreover, I am using the car more than 25 hours weekly which makes increasing in the carbon footprint because my house is away from my work. In addition, each one from my family has his own car and some of them have two cars.

Now, let’s turn our attention to some solutions. Possible response to this issue is I should eat meat once monthly to reduce the percentage of food. A further idea concern for stuff which I must keep my mobile phone for long time without changing it and we don’t have to switch on all AC and lights if there no one at home. . One last way to approach this predicament which was the major one is I have to sell my 4x4 car and buy small car and I think it will be a good idea to share one car with my brother to go to work which could may help to reduce our carbon footprint.

In conclusion, the carbon footprint calculator is a good example for getting new information of our carbon footprint which I didn’t care about before. I think also each person must take this exam to know his carbon footprint maybe after that we will live with an earth without any source of pollution.