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...carbon footprints to meet much lower annual carbon budgets. On average, we each need to reduce our total carbon footprint to fit within a personal carbon budget of two tonnes per year. This represents an enormous reduction for most developed economies. As of September 2022, according to Worldometer, current carbon emissions per ......

...footprint...What is it? The Open University's Carbon Calculator was developed for the OU module Environment: journeys through a changing world and is designed to measure the personal consumption-based carbon footprint of a UK inhabitant (if you live outside the UK, see further resources). This calculator starts with all the greenhouse gases emitted in supplying what the...

...carbon footprints of individuals and households. It will enable you to measure your own carbon footprint and explore what you could do to reduce that footprint and so ‘tread more lightly on the Earth’...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide. This free course will give......

...the effects this has on the carbon footprint, we learn how bottled water is disseminated worldwide. This material forms part of the course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world... Bottled Water introduction A short introduction to this album. Bottled Water Have you ever wondered where bottled water comes from and what impact this has on the environment?...

...carbon footprint of vehicles transporting patients, visitors and goods? This album visits three hospitals which have adopted green approaches to energy efficiency, by cutting electricity consumption, reducing traffic volume, and even generating their own renewable energy. This material forms part of The Open University course T206 Energy for a sustainable future... Energy...

...carbon footprint is to have more people living in your household (eg, by taking in a lodger). But having (more) children is not a good way of reducing your personal footprint. This is because it has been calculated that having a child probably adds more to your carbon footprint than any other decision you might make, even ignoring the cumulative impact of their...

...carbon footprint at home. A couple from Oxford talk about the work they've done to their home in an effort to improve energy efficiency. Eco-Lifestyle Travelling Light. A couple from Oxford describe how they commute and shop for food in an ethical and sustainable way. Building the Eden Project Staff explain how environmental principles underpin construction on the site....