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Carbon Counter
Covering everything from gas and electricity usage to the carbon cost of shipping in exotic foods, this handy green calculator provides all the tools you need to calculate your daily impact on the environment. Advice is also offered on small, simple ways to greatly reduce carbon footprints, such as limiting usage of plastic and Styrofoam and shopping for local produce. Insightful information on the global trends in carbon usage and the growing effects of global warming, as well as helpful websites for further investigation, is also included.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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April 4, 2020
*very quick review! *
Informative and easy to follow.
Lynas starts with an introduction to climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, carbon footprints etc and then goes on to provide ways in which an individual can reduce their personal carbon footprint. He does this by breaking down where our emissions come from (household emissions, transport emissions and consumption) and then explaining how these can be reduced, offering both the pros and cons of different technologies/changes.
As the aim of the book is to inform a person of the changes they can realistically make as an individual, Lynas encourages readers to calculate their own carbon footprint for the year (providing the calculations to do so!) and then reduce it going forward! He provides a list of useful websites and companies for people wanting to make changes.
Published in 2007, it is obviously not up to date with the current policies today (e.g the Paris Agreement) and some figures are outdated but overall the message of the book remains the same: we need to reduce our carbon footprints asap!
Informative and easy to follow.
Lynas starts with an introduction to climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, carbon footprints etc and then goes on to provide ways in which an individual can reduce their personal carbon footprint. He does this by breaking down where our emissions come from (household emissions, transport emissions and consumption) and then explaining how these can be reduced, offering both the pros and cons of different technologies/changes.
As the aim of the book is to inform a person of the changes they can realistically make as an individual, Lynas encourages readers to calculate their own carbon footprint for the year (providing the calculations to do so!) and then reduce it going forward! He provides a list of useful websites and companies for people wanting to make changes.
Published in 2007, it is obviously not up to date with the current policies today (e.g the Paris Agreement) and some figures are outdated but overall the message of the book remains the same: we need to reduce our carbon footprints asap!
March 21, 2020
Buku yang tidak dapat dikatakan sangat informatif, tetapi cukup. Lebih berisi mengenai praktik serta tips mengurangi dan menghitung jejak karbon. Buku ini kurang dapat menjelaskan masalah secara rinci, hanya sekilas memaparkan masalah dan lebih fokus pada pemberian tips bagi mereka yang tinggal di UK (karena mungkin authornya sendiri adalah orang UK )
May 26, 2017
Kendimize bir çeki düzen vermemizi sağlayacak, hayata ve emrimizde olduğunu sandığımız kaynaklara yeni bir gözle bakmamıza yol açacak çarpıcılıkta bir kitap. Nasıl bir ayak izimiz olduğunu öğrendiğimizde attığımız her adıma dikkat eder olacağız.
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