Reducing your Carbon Footprint : Jennifer McIntire

What is a Carbon Footprint? This seems the be a rising question in many peoples mind. A carbon footprint is the total amount of green house gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide or CO2 (timeforachange.org,2008). There are many different things that you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. It is simple to help reduce the amount of carbon that you are releasing.

On thing that you can do to reduce you footprint is by walking or cycling. When your destination is close you should really consider walking or cycling because the amount of carbon you use when driving is a lot and when walking your not releasing any which is a plus. Another great thing you can do to help the environment it planting trees. When you plant trees you help make more clean oxygen which helps reduce the amount of CO2 in the air. Recycling is also key when your trying to help reduce your footprint and by recycling that means not only recycling cans plastic and boxes but that means buying recycled materials. You can also be earth friendly when you are cooking. A great option is to eat organic foods. They taste even better than non organic food and it helps the planet.

There are many things that you can do to help reduce your carbon footprint and I gave you a few simple ways to do that. Now that you know what you can do go out and start reducing your footprint!