WAYS TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT

5. HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

This is interesting , it will let you know how much you are polluting the environment and how you can reduce it. I calculated my carbon footprint and it 0.03 ton per year i.e I burn around 10 kilos of wood per month. So I have planned to plant a tree every six months which will grow and cover up all the carbon I have burnt.

Calculate the carbon footprint here. Click on carbon footprint and then calculate your carbon footprint and make some use of it and comment on it and may be give me some advice of how to reduce carbon footprint.

WAYS TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT

3.Use reusable bags for grocery shopping.

WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOT PRINT

Well I tried to replace some of the bulbs myself at home, but parents think of saving the money by getting these mercury bulbs but they are not aware that using the CFL would cost less in maintenance as it saves 15% of electricity bills and is more efficient .

2. Plant a tree this is one of the best things you can do. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. They also shade your house in the summer, and will lower your air conditioning.

Well this is something which cannot be done so easily, you know why but this is the best thing to do.

3. Switch off lights in rooms at home when leaving the room and switch of those lights at office if you find it is not necessary.

WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOT PRINT

Well i just wondered how I could start reducing pollution the easier way. So I am trying to blog this out so that I can remember myself and give it to others to do the same.

If you have your own Ideas post it so that I can follow it too.

Well if you are wondering what is CARBON FOOTPRINT then check this out: CARBON FOOTPRINT

1. Replace the light bulbs in your home with long life CFL (compact fluorescent) bulbs. These last up to 15 times longer than regular bulbs and use up 80% less electricity than regular bulbs. You could simply replace your regular bulbs as and when they burn out.