Calculate Your Carbon (CO2) Footprint, and in Four Hopefully Easy Steps:
1. Find an online calculator (two possibilities shown below) and calculate either your personal or your household Carbon (CO2) footprint and compare your footprint to the national average;
2. Provide a working estimate of how much, and by when, you can reduce that footprint on your own, either individually or as a household;
3. Provide a thoughtful set of policy and/or program suggestions which might help you get to near-zero emissions by 2040; and
4. Write a short 3-page summary (or so) describing your findings, with an estimated (or an inferred) set of costs and benefits.*** Information can be pulled from the Griffith book, and the EPIC-Rhodium Group noted in the February 10 lecture, among other references. Included at least 3 linked references; and again, one interview.
*** Note: We are looking for insights, not precision. Both quantitative and narrative descriiptions of costs and benefits are acceptable — as long as they are reasonably accurate and documented. Do not hesitate to talk with the instructor if you have questions.
EPA Household Carbon Footprint Calculator – https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/household-carbon-footprint-calculator
Sustain.Life Calculate your carbon footprint for free – https://www.sustain.life/emissions-management
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