carbon footprint

Usually, when people start talking about carbon footprints and the effect humans are having on the environment, there is a lot of shaking of heads in dismay and a lot of clucking of tongues. Ever since Al Gore's documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, carbon footprint has become a household phrase and a buzzword among politicians and lobbyists. It seems to be a concern that is at the forefront of most people's minds.

A carbon footprint is actually a subset of our overall ecological footprint. A carbon footprint has been described as the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event, or product. More specifically, it is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by an individual, organization, event, or production.

The main problem people run into when trying to reduce their carbon footprint is expense. Solar energy, wood pellets, and hybrid cars are not cheap. It has not been until just recently that people have been able to reduce their carbon footprint and still save some Presidential Flash Cards.

Bloggers speaking about the carbon footprint can be found at sites like mycarbonfootprint and ecovillagegreen.

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• InJet Offers Carbon Offsetting for Private Jets

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 142
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• Are We Alone for 11/23/09 - Carbon Your Enthusiasm

  
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  Are We Alone - Carbon Your Enthusiasm Bond it to oxygen and it’s the scourge of climate change. But earthly life wouldn’t be possible without carbon, and maybe that’s true for alien life, too. And carbon has other exciting forms: tiny diamonds may be evidence of a catastrophic comet impact 13,000 years ...
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• The Global Carbon Footprint Scam

  
  WesternFront America — Authority: 139
  Their bogus “carbon footprints” ignore the fact that CO2 is vital to life because it is to all vegetation what oxygen is to all animals. It is food! More CO2 is better than less because it would provide for more abundant crop yields, healthier forests, and would reduce the spread of deserts.
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• Carbon Neutral (.com)

  
  The Frager Factor — Authority: 140
  Via TreeHugger:We are bringing this news to you a little late, but we have just found out that the UK-based Carbon Neutral Company (owner of the no-doubt highly coveted carbonneutral.com web address) has cemented its presence in the States with the opening of a fully-staffed New York office and the appointment of a ...
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• Tis the Season for Carbon Neutral Boozen

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 719
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• New EPA Web Site Provides Tools to Cut Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu | Home owners, buyers and renters have a new resource for going green indoors and outdoors. EPA’s new Green Homes Web site will help people make their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste generation and water usage, as well as improving ...
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• Green Turismo: To save the Earth and save gas, turn cars into video games

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Energy , Technology , Economy , Green My friend has a Tesla Roadster. For those who are unfamiliar with Tesla Motors, the Roadster is the Ferrari of the electric-vehicle world, a high-performance two-seater with more sex appeal than Mae West. How ironic, then, that my friend pines for her old Honda ...
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• Free advice on carbon footprint

  
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  | Sourced From Basingstokegazette.co.uk | BUSINESSES in the borough are being given the chance to save money by reducing their carbon footprint. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is offering free carbon management training sessions for businesses with fewer than 250 employees. The half-day training session ...
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• TUI banks on Boeing to cut its carbon

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Eturbonews.com | TUI Travel aims to cut its carbon footprint with technologically-advanced Boeing 787 aircraft joining its fleet – although the recession means it has cancelled 10 of the 23 it had originally ordered. The travel giant generates an annual carbon footprint of 7.6m tons by flying its ...
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• UK Plays Ostrich

  
  Greenme: Sustainable Living Blog — Authority: 127
  In the last few weeks the UK Government has announced that it has given the green light for 10 more nuclear stations to be built to help cover energy supply over the next 30 to 50 years and help lower its CO2 emissions.  Or so they say. Well done team, you have once again shown impeccable leadership where denial of ...
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• Make a difference while you shop Support charities free – just by shopping online

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  I was browsing the net and i came across this site. Froggy Bank You earn cashback to shop from 1500 retailers and use some of it to help environmental causes or offset your carbon footprint. You can easily offset your carbon emissions and still pocket hundreds of pounds every year – without spending an extra penny. ...
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• Track My T Please

  
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• The Quinnipiac Bobcats get Top Rankings for Sustainability – Windspire

  
  Twilight Earth — Authority: 493
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• Carbon Foot Prints, a new world of taxes and duties

  
  Search Amelia Island News — Authority: 151
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• The Simplest, 4-Step Quiz to Determine Your Carbon Footprint

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 633
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• Klimate Change

  
  The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG — Authority: 142
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• Inka Curve: Innovative Self Sustained Vertical Solar Micro-farm

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 140
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• Track My T

  
  iLearn Technology — Authority: 123
  What it is: Track My T is a truly impressive website that I learned about from @dianadell on Twitter. Track my T lets students type in the unique lot number on their t-shirt and then go through an amazing interactive journey tracking their t-shirt from its very beginning as a cotton seed on a farm, to every ...
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• Outspoken Carbon Monitoring: Zerofootprints RFID TalkingPlugs

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 719
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• Fossil Fuel Emissions Rose 29% since 2000

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
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