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carbon and ecological footprint
1. People Affect the Environment
Ecological & Carbon Footprint
Human Environment
Interaction
2. Questions To Be Answered:
1. How do people use their
environment?
2. Have they changed it?
3. How have people responded to
changes in their environment?
9. American Energy Consumption
● Americans consume
40% more energy per
person compared to
the world average.
World
5.0 TOE/person
United States
8.35 TOE/person
Total primary energy supply TOE (tons of oil equivalent) per person (2000).
lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001).
11. Where does our energy come from?
● Fossil fuels (Natural Gas, Oil, Coal) 68%
● Nuclear Power 19%
● Hydropower 7%
● Wind Power 3.56%
● Solar Power .11%
● Other Renewables 2.33%
Renewable Energy
Statistics taken from the following site:
"Frequently Asked Questions." U.S. Energy Information Administration. N.p., 9 May 2013.
Web. 3 Apr. 2014.
12. What is the connection between
Energy and Carbon Dioxide?
13. What is the connection between
Energy and Carbon Dioxide?
=
Energy Use
CO2
makes up approximately
85 percent of total greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions.
14. What is the connection between
Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming?
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=273
16. What human activity produces the
most greenhouse gases (CO2
)?
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004, EPA.
1. Electricity Generation
2. Transportation
3. Industry
4. Agricultural
5. Commercial
6. Residential
19. Activity 1:
What is your Carbon Footprint?
● Go to EPA’s Carbon Footprint Calculator
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
20. Sustainability
rates of renewable resource harvest,
pollution creation, and non-renewable
resource depletion that can be
continued indefinitely.
21. Dr. Seuss's
The Lorax can be
used to help
students discover
the concept of
sustainability.