Learning outcomes

By the end of this unit you should be able to:

• find out what carbon footprints are, and what is – and is not – included in a typical footprint;

• evaluate critically what should be put into a carbon footprint;

• understand how to calculate your own carbon footprint;

• place your own carbon footprint into the context of other UK and international footprints;

• identify how carbon footprints can used as a tool in the action against global climate change.