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1 Carbon Footprint Ashley Young PUG PU530 Talia Abbott Chalew 2.13.24

2 Carbon Footprint Calculate your carbon footprint. You may use any carbon calculator website for this. Some options are: Create a visual (table or chart) summarizing your carbon footprint and comparing it to the U.S. average of 20 tons CO 2 /year. Include an informative caption to this table or chart. Your chart should be visually appealing and include information in a clear, easy to read format. Carbon footprint comparison (Metric Tons CO2e/Year) Activity My footprint US Average Transport 4.1 7.2 Energy usage 5.0 5.0 Waste generation 2.o 2.4 Diet 5.2 2.0 Total carbon 16.3 (Metric Tons CO2e/Year) 16.8 (Metric Tons CO2e/Year)

3 Carbon footprint comparison (Metric Tons CO2e/Year) Transport Energy Usage Waste Generation Diet Answer the following questions, using your carbon footprint as well as course readings and outside resources as evidence. Please answer each question in a short paragraph (up to 300 words per answer). Please use at least three references and include these in APA format. 1. What is your biggest source of carbon emissions? For most populations in developed countries, transportation, especially air travel and home energy consumption, are typically the major greenhouse gas emission sources in their carbon footprint. In my case diet has been the biggest source of carbon emission. 2. What change in your life do you think would reduce your carbon footprint the most? Decreasing the number of flights taken per year, changing thermal thermostats to moderate settings rather than high heating/cooling, replacing old appliances and bulbs with more efficient ones, and leaving out red meat and lamb are some examples of high-impact changes people can

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4 make (Dreijerink et al., 2020). The total is usually higher for lifestyle changes more drastic than minor tweaks of habit. Turning to hybrid/electric cars and purchasing carbon offsets for unavoidable flights would also help to reduce emissions. 3. What are the barriers to or challenges with making the change you mentioned in the previous question? Fixed routines, comfort factors, alternative monetary costs, and the absence of infrastructure provide very real barriers. For instance, avoiding a tropical destination could mean less emissions at the expense of fun and relaxation. A home has to be retrofitted for energy efficiency, bearing upfront costs. Following a plant-based-only eating plan challenges your culture and meal convenience. The systemic change that needs to happen across all sectors will be able to drive l enhancing lifestyle patterns at the societal level. 4. What incentives would encourage you to make this change? Or what would make it easier for you to make this change? Government incentives may motivate people by using some bills of efficiency and electrification, which are reduced—telework due to more workplace flexibility helps to reduce commuting. Choosing plant-based alternatives becomes more and more natural with their mainstreaming. Social promotion through public awareness can encourage and make one answerable. 5. What were uncertainties or assumptions within the carbon footprint calculator? Calculators use generic emissions factors that might not perfectly match every case of a user’s footprint. However, one must self-report travel details and consumption, which depends

5 on memory and integrity. Updated template form: Therefore, the results are imprecise due to uncertainty and could be considered approximations, not a fine quantification of reality. 6. What is the value in the carbon footprint calculator as a model? Awareness is the biggest priority to start from. State-trackable metrics that give reduction targets and allow further monitoring serve imperfectly. Perfect accuracy materially is less important than the perception of education on sources of pollution and sincere undertaking to become responsible.

6 References Dreijerink, L. J. M., & Paradies, G. L. (2020). How to reduce individual environmental impact? A literature review into the effects and behavioral change potential of carbon footprint calculators.

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