footprint

Carbon or Water Footprint

Activity Summary Form

Name:

Activity: CARBON FOOTPRINT WATER FOOTPRINT

Websites used:

(US Environmental Protection Agency)

(Conservation International)

(The Nature Conservancy)

Date(s) of Activity: 09/27/2021

Answer the questions below.

1) Describe the activity and your experience. Summarize the results that you found after you calculated your carbon/water footprint on at least three websites.

2) Explain the main results (differences in the calculations) and which of these results you consider most accurately reflects your true annual footprint.

Based on these results

1) Describe three actions that you could, or did do, to reduce your carbon/water footprint.

2) Estimate how much these actions would reduce your carbon/water footprint and report the number.

3) Discuss how likely you may be to carry these actions into your life as you potentially have multiple house-mates/family/partners/children.

4) What are two potential reasons the actions may become difficult when you are no longer a student?