Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
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Provided by: The Nature Conservancy|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This interactive carbon footprint calculator from The Nature Conservancy provides data for the carbon dioxide and methane emissions associated with travel habits, home energy use, food choices, and shopping habits.
- Students answer questions about their habits and household to get an estimate of the emissions produced from daily life.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: The Nature Conservancy
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This calculator provides a number of different metrics that can be changed and customized to see the relative impact of different choices on carbon emissions.
Prerequisites
- Students will need access to a computer with Internet access to use the calculator tool.
- Younger students will likely need to ask a parent or guardian about some of the information in the questions to complete the assessment.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Economics and social studies classes can discuss ways to incentivize choices that reduce carbon emissions and provide more equal access to sustainable food, transportation, and energy.
- Math classes can use this tool to calculate which actions are are most effective at reducing emissions.
- Science and biology classes can use this calculator to see the many sources of greenhouse gas emissions and use this foodprint calculator to get more details on emissions from food.
- Other helpful resources to consider using include an StC lesson on foodprints, an StC lesson on carbon footprints, and this table of solutions to climate change.
This is a survey that evaluates individual's carbon footprint. The tool contains well-structured questions to elicit relevant data at household level to help reduce carbon footprint. This tool is recommended for teaching.
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The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. The Nature Conservancy has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world.
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