2. What is a carbon footprint? What activities or behaviour leave carbon footprints unnecessarily?
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waste electricity
use single-use utensils
waste food
travel by plane
shop excessively
To slow down global warming, we need to produce fewer greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide. Carbon footprints are the amount of greenhouse gases produced in some human activities. Many daily activities leave carbon footprints.
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Find out your carbon footprints and discuss how you can have a low-carbon lifestyle (in terms of clothing, food, housing, transport and entertainment). You can learn about this in Humanities lessons.
3. Which of these means of transport leaves fewer personal carbon footprints? Which one leaves more? Rank them and colour the footprints. (1= the fewest; 4 = the most)
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