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One of the main goals of this class and this project is to become more aware of how important energy is to our everyday lives, and to become more aware of the amount of energy each of us uses on a day to day basis. The way we measure this amount of energy is with a Carbon Footprint. A Carbon Footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted by a particular person, group etc. A Carbon Footprint is important because it helps a person to become more aware of how large of an impact they have on the environment. Calculating ones footprint can let one know what areas they emit most in and help them figure out where and how they can cut it down. Knowing how big ones Carbon Footprint is can also have a great impact on the future. Once a person gains awareness on their impact’s to global warming they can begin to change their habits and spread awareness to people about how each person’s actions has an effect on their future generations. The Carbon Footprint project helped me too to become more aware of my wasteful ways. I always thought that I was pretty conservative with my emissions, but when I calculated my own emissions it showed otherwise. This project definitely helped me to become more of aware of myself, and also to try to educate others on how simple changes can be beneficial to decreasing ones emissions.
When I first started my Carbon Footprint I initially thought my highest emissions would be for electricity and appliances in my normal and high emission weeks. Once my calculations were done I saw my highest emissions was in water which was a surprise to me. I thought with the amount of time I spend on my laptop, cell phone and watching television would count a great amount, but the numbers...

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...wer emissions in both developing and developed countries. I think this goal will be more easily fulfilled in developing countries just because they’re systems are not completely set in stone yet making it easier to establish better limits.
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After doing the carbon footprint project I see the importance of not being wasteful. The more I researched not only my own carbon footprint, but the ones of other countries as well the more I began to see how each countries emissions affects another. With that being said, I think each individual needs to take more responsibility whether that’s walking to the store instead of driving or making more people aware of the effects of global warming. We can’t reverse what we have already done, but if we are more cautious and aware of the effects of our wasteful habits, we can change them and help to improve future generations.