Carbon footprint

Carbon footprint is a summery of how our movements can be measured. It an implement to identify the main problem to global warming which are us and how simply we increase the problem by increasing carbon in the air.


To measure carbon footprint we have a unit is which called carbon emissions (ponds, tons or kg) and it means the amount of CO2 in the air. I have visited two sites and a lot of questions can be explained to describe how we measure carbon footprint. Let's mention some of them. The diet like meat, fish and vegan. In addition, what kind of vehicle you travel on? What kind of house you live on? And the number of persons lives on that house. One more point is the types of waste do you recycle and compost.



I compared my carbon footprint with my classmates also with my country. I found that the majority of persons have high carbon footprint which is unbelievable including me. My average is 7.23 and it is lower than my country average. I have also compared myself with the some numbers in the classmates and with the world and it's varying from one country to another. A lot of countries have high carbon footprint and it's definitely unacceptable. Herewith pie chart explaining our carbon footprint.

Absolutely we can reduce carbon footprint in many ways. Let's have a look at some of them. We can reduce the consumption of energy. In other words, switch the lights off. Another solution is to have a sustainable transport options like electronic cars. Yet another option is to decrease waste by recycling. One more point worthy of mentioning is the diet. We can reduce the consumption of meats.


To sum up, the cumulating of CO2 in the air will still continue to rise if we don't response. A moral principle is one way to reduce it. Helping each other and take care of the easiest thing that can be harmful to our planet.

Work cited


Footprint Calculator." Http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/home/calculator_complete.

"Going Greenhouse Gas Neutral." Http://www.yogaindailylife.org.au/Articles/Environment/Going-Greenhouse-Gas-Neutral.html.


"How Big is your Ecological footprint?" Http://www.myfootprint.org/.

"Re-think your lifestyle." Http://extinct.wwf.org.uk/whatyoucando/rethink.htm."Take Action." Http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/car

Opinions

Global warming is with no doubt a serious problem. Several lines of opinions were put forward to explain the performance of Al Gore in his movie. Let's have a look at the negative side following by the positive side.




On the negative side, the main the main trouble is the presenter of the movie (Berardinelli) . The movie reflects Al Gore's personal life more than Global Warming. (Berardinelli). Also, significant point is the political partiality shown by Al Gore in his presentation (Berardinelli). No new facts have been shown in the movie (Berardinelli) .




The other side is of course is the positive side; the movie is a copy of 30 years of great scientific slides (Fibbs). Sufficient graphs, charts and pictures are available that delete the doubts. Also, Al Gore treated his audience well. Al gore asserted that we mustn't despond, everything can be done but with cooperation. The movie is worth to watch (Fibbs)



In my point of view, the movie was brilliant and I have my reasons. One reason is the facts that shocked me like ice melting. In terms of Al Gore's style in talking , I feel sometimes you have to do it in your presentations even it is a tough issue because it brings attention to your topic. What I liked so much in this movie was the presentations and the slides which were impressive. Finally, I liked when Al Gore highlighted the fact that Global Warming is not a political issue but a moral issue that needs to be resolved.






Work cited
Berardinelli. "An Inconvenient Truth." Http://www.google.com/movies/reviews?cid=bf2328e40dcca7c7&fq=an+inconvenient+truth,movie&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=reviews&cd=1.


Fibbs. "An Inconvenient Truth." Http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inconvenient_truth/?critic=columns.

Summarize the film “An Inconvenient Truth” for someone who has not seen it in 100 to 150 words

An inconvenient truth is becoming more considerable from Al Gore, the presenter of the inconvenient truth. He asserted that the unexpected disaster of global warming has major causes and related effects.

Let's firstly look at the causes. The main cause described in the article was the cause of CO2. To expand, it increased rapidly the last 14 years and how it is connected to the temperature. Another cause is simply the human activities. To clarify, it makes the atmosphere thin, the weakest part in our earth which is helpful in balancing the temperature.




Let's move forward to the results. A lot of results have been mentioned. Some are worthy of mentioning. One result is the melting of ice sheet. To elucidate, if it continues to collapse, the sea level will raise by 25 feet causing flood in various low areas. Another effect is the shortage of water due to ice's melting. Yet another effect is the suffering for the lands, building and trees because of what he called "Melting Permafrost".


To sum up, some solutions have been mentioned like cooperation between countries. In addition to the inconvenient truth, he covered some of his family's life. Also, he kept saying that global warming is not a political issue but a moral issue that needs to be resolved.

Click the following link to hear the voice thread ..... An inconvenient truth

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