Our Carbon Footprint Team Ecomeeco May 25, 2011

All About Ecomeeco… Age group : years young Occupation : Students Class: Middle working class Origin: Mexico, Norwegian, and El Salvador Transportation: Cars Hobbies: Watching movies, playing sports, reading, eating, cooking, swimming, drawing, playing music and being ECO FREINDLY.

Our Footprint Activities Housing We all live in a single family house with a total of 28 occupants. In Napa County or Solano Country. Electricity Used:  KwH/Month  KwH/year Natural Gas Use:  Therms/month  therms/year Transportation  Maria: Owns a car which she is the only one who drives it.  Annual millage/MPG: 10,000/36  Karla: Owns a car which she is the only one who drives it.  Annual millage/MPG: 15,000/30  Cynthia: Owns a car which she shares with her mother on weekends  Annual millage/MPG: 20000/20  Brittany: Owns a car which she is the only one who drives it.  Annual millage/MPG: 15000/26  Isaiah: Owns a car which he is the only one who drives it.  Annual millage/MPG: 39592/36

How much we consume?

Ecomeeco’s Impact

The United States of America The US is the #2 top ranked in C02 emission in the world. Using an estimated 5,762,050 tons a year It alone is responsible for 25.2% of the worldwide emission total. This equals a per capita total of tons.

Changes – Why, Who, What, Where and When Changes should / could be made In order to make conservation more widespread we, as a society, could : Create incentives for people to use energy efficient appliances. Make public transportation more appealing Teach the younger generations fun and easy ways to conserve.

Proposal for Personal As individuals need to get in the habit of: Taking public transportation Turning off lights as we leave a room Layering our clothes instead of turning on the heat Using energy efficient appliances And turning off our computers when we aren’t using them.

Proposal for Change in the US Traveling –Walk or ride a bike when traveling short distances. –Keep motor vehicle’s tire pressure to the correct amount. –Move closer to our jobs or work closer to our homes. –Take public transportation when possible. –Drive less or not at all if possible. –Plan out our daily errands, so we travel less.

Proposal for Change for US Practices at Home – Move our thermostats down 2 degrees in the winter and up 2 degrees in the summer. Saves about 2,000 pounds of CO2 per year. – Replace regular incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs. CFLs use 60% less energy than regular light bulbs. Saves 300 pounds of CO2 per year. – Turn off all appliances or lights when we are not using them. Saves thousands of pounds of CO2 per year. Insulate and weatherize our homes. –Proper insulation can save 25% of our heating bill and save 2,000 pounds of CO2 per year – Buy Locally grown and produced foods US average meal travels 1,200 miles from the farms to our plates

Summary Conclusion Carbon emissions produced by human practices have a negative effect on our planet. The U.S. is ranked #2 for producing Carbon emissions. U.S. Negatively contributes 25.2% of the world Emission total. Even if eco-friendly products cost a little more, it’s a better investment for future sustainability rather than short term low costs LETS START BEING MORE EFFICIENT TODAY!

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