Ashley R. Singer
A carbon footprint is a calculation of the amount of carbon dioxide created by the daily activities in one's life. Things like heating a home, driving a car, and choosing non-local, out of season foods all leave a carbon footprint. There are several online carbon footprint calculators that can be used by anyone to figure out how much carbon dioxide one is causing to be emitted. A good one that takes into account urban, apartment style, living can be found at www.nature.org.
Students will be asked to calculate their own carbon footprints and analyze them. Time should be permitted in a computer lab, classroom or at home. Students should use the same online calculator as one another. The carbon footprint figure will accompany a histogram showing students' garbage generation.
