The Carbon Trust, an organisation in the United Kingdom, helps to give information about you’re carbon footprint. It defines it as “the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, or a product such boiler in your home”. Fossil fuels are one of the contributors to green houses gases. Every time you use energy from fuels such as coal and oil, you are contributing to your own carbon footprint. These carbon emissions contribute to the thinning of our planet’s atmosphere.
Each time you use energy created from a fossil fuel such as coal or oil you are generating carbon emissions. These emissions increase the level of greenhouse gases entering our atmosphere. Simply put your carbon footprint is created by these emissions generated from daily activities such as going to and from work, heating your home and your daily use of computers, TV’s and charging mobile phones.
You can try and do your bit but the products you buy will contribute to your carbon footprint because of the energy that was required to manufacture and transport them. There are many different products available to help you reduce your carbon footprint, and help to reduce your costs.
Your carbon footprint is measured by the quantity of greenhouse gas that you contribute to the atmosphere. This term first originated from carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas that is the widely identified as the main contributor to climate change today.
Carbon offsetting schemes include tree planting projects, investing in solar, wind or other renewable energy or investing in growing economies with environmentally friendly crops are good ways to help offset the amount of carbon used in your daily life.
Be proactive and you will be surprised on how much carbon you can reduce. Turn of the TV and other electrical appliances when on standby, turn the heating down one degrees, put the lids on pans are all simple little tips to help.
Do your part and be active in reducing your carbon emissions. This can be done through using a carbon calculator to determine your carbon footprint. It may come as a surprise how much carbon you create going about your day to day life. Highlighting this can help you to think about the changes you can make to reduce your carbon footprint.
Ways to help reduce your carbon emissions can include making few trips to the shops, using electricity at off peak times, using a green energy supplier, and simply turning off the lights when not in the room can all make a difference.
Ian. R. Richardson is an expert author on renewable energy and environmental topics. For more information and news visit for the www.personalcarbon.co.uk and www.tradingpersonalcarbon.co.uk web sites.
