Your Day-to-Day Carbon Footprint: Part of the Solution or the Problem?
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This document summarizes a presentation given by Joannes Paulus Hernandez titled "Your Day-to-Day Carbon Footprint: Part of the Solution or the Problem?". The presentation covered key topics like defining greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide, explaining the carbon cycle and sources of carbon emissions, calculating one's carbon footprint using online tools, and ways to reduce one's carbon footprint through assessing daily activities, carbon offsetting, and advocating for carbon neutrality. The presentation provided information to help attendees understand their personal impact on the environment and take practical steps to reduce their carbon footprint at home.
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- 1. Seniors’ Green Living Forum & Fair April 20, 2011 Workshop 4 Your Day-to-Day Carbon Footprint: Part of the Solution or the Problem? Presented by Joannes Paulus Hernandez, RN (Volunteer)
- 2. I declare that my involvement to P.O.I.N.T. is voluntary and a personal endeavor to develop leadership in the community. I am expressing myself through an advocacy for change in the context of social responsibility arising from my profession as a registered nurse in order to promote holistic health. In spite of globalization, public health is not isolated from the effects of environmental degradation. Our interaction and impact to the environment is given emphasis. Generally, all information is presented for increasing public awareness on green living philosophy. Disclosure
- 3. 1. To gain information on the environmental impact and sources of carbon dioxide emissions 2. To learn how to describe one’s personal carbon footprint 3. To utilize one’s carbon footprint to make practical solutions at home Objectives
- 4. 1. Keywords definition 2. The carbon cycle 3. Greenhouse gases and effects 4. Sources of carbon emissions 5. Carbon footprint calculators Outline
- 5. 1. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) = gases (i.e., water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone) in the atmosphere that can absorb and emit heat (infrared radiation) 2. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) = largest GHG emission: approximately 740 billion tons; 4th most abundant gas in the atmosphere (Saini, 2011) 3. Carbon footprint = total amount of CO2 produced to directly and indirectly support human activities 4. Carbon footprint calculation = a.k.a. “Carbon Inventory” “Greenhouse Gas Inventory, ” “Climate Change Footprint” 5. Carbon Offsetting = an act that aims to remove a certain amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to compensate for the same amount of carbon dioxide that someone or something has added to the atmosphere 6. Carbon Neutrality = achieving net zero carbon emissions into the atmosphere; employing a technique to absorb carbon dioxide so it is not emitted Keywords
- 6. Human interference has caused imbalance in the cycle The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached to a level that can not be easily cycled The consequences are: 1. climate change 2. global warming Source: Saini, K. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.environmentabout.com/648/what-is-carbon-cycle- and-how-it-works Salient Points Source: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html Living organisms exhale carbon dioxide into the atmosphere approximately 50 billion tons every year (Saini, 2011). Bodies of water hold approximately 36,000 billion tons of carbon (Saini, 2011).
- 7. Greenhouse Gases Source: http://www.e2singapore.gov.sg/climate-change-energy-efficiency.html • Carbon dioxide, CO2 • Methane, CH4 • Nitrous Oxide, N2O • Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Chlorofuorocarbons (CFCs) (covers 13 chemicals) • Perfluorocarbons, PFCs (covers 7 chemicals) • Sulfur Hexafluoride, SF6 Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 8. Greenhouse Gas Global Warming Potential Carbon Dioxide, CO2 1.0 Methane, CH4 21 Nitrous oxide, N2O 310 HFC 134a 1,300 Sulfur hexafluoride 23,900 Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 9. GHG Emissions (Metric Tons) Global Warming Potential Metric Tons CO2-e Carbon Dioxide 10,000 1 10,000 Methane 500 21 10,500 HFC 134a 1.0 1,300 1,300 Sulfur hexafluoride 0.06 23,900 1,434 Total 23,234 Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 10. Carbon Footprint Scope 1: Direct Emissions Scope 2: Indirect Emissions (Purchased energy) Scope 3: Other Indirect Emissions Sources of CO2 emissions Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 11. Rank Country Annual CO2 emission (tons per capita) 1 Australia 20.6 2 USA 19.8 3 Canada 18.8 4 Netherlands ---- 5 Saudi Arabia ---- Source: http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/leaders-in- total-greenhouse-gas-emissions-australians-the-worlds-worst- polluters/ IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 12. • Combustion sources • Site owned vehicles • On site electrical generation • CFC and HFC losses from refrigeration equipment • Sulfur hexafluoride losses from electrical equipment Scope 1: Direct Emissions Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 13. • Emissions from consumption of purchased utilities: – Typically electricity – Could be steam or high temperature hot water – Could be negative—electricity from landfill gas Scope 2: Indirect Emissions – Purchased Energy Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 14. • Transportation of purchased material or goods • Employee business travel • Employee commuting impacts • Outsourced work • Emissions from finished products • Transportation of waste • Vegetation & Trees Note: Scope 3 can be higher than Scope 1 and 2. Scope 3: Other Indirect Emissions Source: http://www.toonpool.com/user/589/files/organic_ 548015.jpg Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 15. Carbon Footprint Scope 1: Direct Emissions Scope 2: Indirect Emissions (Purchased energy) Scope 3: Other Indirect Emissions Carbon Footprint – 3 Scopes Carbon footprint calculations must include at least Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions. Source: O’Konsk, P. (2009). Carbon footprint and the new facilities vocabulary. Retrieved from http://fimsinfo.doe.gov/Workshop/2009/O'Konski_Carbon_Footprint.ppt.
- 16. Day-to-day activities: 1. Home energy 2. Food & Diet 3. Transport 4. Travel 5. Recycling & Waste Carbon footprint calculator Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_na7EnjcsbIw/TO02HMKWOeI/AAAAAAAA AFs/anLniEh82nY/s1600/everyday+activities+1.JPG Lets calculate. Get ready with your pencils!
- 23. ASSESS your Carbon footprint ACT by Carbon Offsetting ADVOCATE Carbon Neutrality Reducing CO2 emissions 3As
- 27. Seniors’ Green Living Forum & Fair April 20, 2011 Workshop 4 Your Day-to-Day Carbon Footprint: Part of the Solution or the Problem? Presented by Joannes Paulus Hernandez, RN (Volunteer) Thank you!