carbon footprint

lancashire lass · Post by **lancashire lass** » 11 Jul 2007, 09:17

Hope everyone finds this website useful. I thought some of the questions were not that easy to give a definitive answer so I tended to give a more negative answer than it needed to be. Still, have a go:

http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/

it is all a bit scary!

:shock:

heebiejeebie · Post by **heebiejeebie** » 11 Jul 2007, 19:22

It's a useful guide I think, and tinkering with the little things like cars and appliances and shopping habits has led me to the conclusion that I can only get below one-planet if I get rid of the house and live at work :shock:

Oh hang on... in a year or two I hope to have moved house and be working at home. Hope that counts!

heebiejeebie · Post by **heebiejeebie** » 11 Jul 2007, 19:53

I found this one more useful, if a bit slow!

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html

PK · Post by PK » 12 Jul 2007, 08:47

I tried out the one posted by Heebiejeebie. The results and suggested action plan was actually quite interesting reading with some useful tips and advice about reducing your own CO2 footprint. I have to admit that according to this my household is above the national average :oops:

- bumped up by the amount of commuting to and from work. The rating for what we generate at home was relatively low, however.

Post by **wendy** » 12 Jul 2007, 10:02

Guilty also, as we were above the national average. But our plane travel hasn't helped :oops:

Wendy

AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 12 Jul 2007, 18:46

I tried calculator of what ours was - thought it must be wrong as it was 1.
We don't fly, have holidays or eat out.
We have a small bungalow, Drive 2 small diesel cars, I shop (tut,tut), OH is 'resting' at the moment therefore no travel, energy saving light bulbs and thermostat turned down (to save us money), changed a big gas range cooker to a small one and now only use the small oven.
I shop as local as I can get avoiding supermarkets (I do buy booze and the July banned things from them)
Grow as much as we can in the summer and freeze it for the winter.
Maybe the calculator was right?

Post by **Richard** » 12 Jul 2007, 20:51

I thought I was doing well - til I saw the final scores!!

I think, maybe, we sometimes forget there are millions on our Planet who are nowhere near as advanced in technology as we are.

Also, does anyone recall the smog of the 50's / 60's! At least there are a few things which have gone in the right direction.

But if I was still at school, it would be....

Cannon - try harder next time!