Climate Care - Helping you help the climate
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Software Tool/Environment |
| Author(s): |
Climate Care |
| Description: | Website with calculators to determine offset for carbon emissions. "'Carbon Offsetting Explained' animation (website homepage) Each time we heat our homes, take a flight or drive the car, CO2 is added into the atmosphere. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that is released when fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are burnt. Offsetting means paying someone to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere by the same amount that your activities add. In this way you can 'neutralise' or 'balance' the CO2 added by your activities. Climate Care offsets your CO2 by funding projects around the world. These can be in: * Renewable energy – this replaces non-renewable fuel such as coal * Energy efficiency – this reduces the amount of fuel needed * Forest restoration – this absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere as the trees grow So as well as taking steps to reduce your 'carbon footprint' you can offset what remains, helping to promote low-carbon technologies where they make the most impact." |
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I found the flight caclulator the most useful. It shows the carbon emissions for specific flights on Bitish Airways. |
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Difficult |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
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| Publication Date: | August 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.climatecare.org/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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