Choose 2 of the 4 online carbon calculators listed below and calculate your personal carbon footprint on Earth. Note that first two listed are good for both US and international locations.
http://footprint.stanford.edu/index.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Then:
(1) Download/save (print screen and save as pdf or image file) your results and upload these results to Canvas, and
(2) Write a 1-page (typed, single spaced ~1-page, 12-pt Ariel font, 1 inch margins) paper in which you thoughtfully and analytically describe [in paragraph form, not in a list!], the following:
- what calculators you used,
- how the carbon footprints from these two calculators were calculated,
- the values of your carbon footprint from each calculator (make sure you convert these so they are in the same unit),
- any differences in the output of the two calculators and address what might account for differences,
- your thoughts of what the calculators are NOT taking into account in the calculations,
- what the primary contributors to your carbon imprint are, and
- specific ways in which you could reduce your carbon footprint.
Full credit will be given if all the criteria are met in a thorough, well-explained 1-page essay and you have also submitted the results images.
