Carbon Footprint and the Future

Carbon Footprint and The Future
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A decade after decade passes, the world continues to be affected by the detrimental effects of the carbon emitted by the escalating industrialization of the world. Carbon footprint is pivotal in future planning considering the deplorable consequences of greenhouse gas emissions. It is therefore essential for people to know their carbon footprint and work towards reducing it and finding alternate and effective ways to prevent excessive greenhouse gas emissions. Besides comprehending and understanding the people’s carbon footprint, they need to embark on a journey of sacrifice, as in on their interests, to seek alternate ways like recycling, buying greener energy, using alternative transportation methods, reforestation and checking on our diets. This essay proposes ways through which individuals will be made cognizant of their carbon footprint to embark and team to work towards a greener world while committing towards minimizing the greenhouse effect.
Keywords: Recycling, Reforestation, Greener energy, Alternative transport methods.

My final carbon print was 38 tons of carbon dioxide per year, which ranked as 5% better than the average households at my home place (Free Carbon Calculator, 2018). It is ideally quite huge (not as expected), but to some extent, it is justified because of the large house. Most of the greenhouse gas emissions are from the energy sources we use at home, among them, natural gas, charcoal, electricity generated from coal and oil.

Besides the energy sources, there is the transport systems we use and the foods we consume.
I am now more enlightened on my role on the environment and working towards making it safer and conserve it for the future generations. I am now conscious of the fact that it is my responsibility as an individual to understand my contribution towards the greenhouse effect and create effective and safer and to develop collaborative efforts with my community to solve this challenge.
With regards to the environment, my impact has negative implication in considering the high carbon footprint, and I am part of it. However, over time I have worked towards creating alternate ways of reducing the same. Since my enrolment, I have been cognizant of the importance of conserving the environment hence my efforts.
Significantly the part of my life that produces a lot of carbon is the energy consumed at home as my household uses electricity generated from oil and as well use of natural gas. The carbon can be reduced by considering carpooling, reducing consumption of red meat, using greener energy (solar power and geothermal power), embarking on reforestation and using commuter rails and cycling alternatively. It will be difficult, but progressively through collaborative efforts, it can be achieved CITATION Fre18 l 1033 (Free Carbon Footprint Calculator, 2018).
References
BIBLIOGRAPHY Free Carbon Footprint Calculator. (2018). Retrieved July 14, 2018, from The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm?redirect=https-301