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Summary:
Carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere after an event, activity or movement. All the emissions sent into the atmosphere is combined and calculated as an equivalent to a quantity of Carbon Dioxide, given the name carbon footprint. It is important to plan out an event keeping carbon footprint in mind and tracking how much has been emitted from that activity since if kept neglected, more emissions would be sent into the atmosphere which would take a toll on the environment. Carbon footprint is usually tracked when importing and exporting products and goods because the modes of transportation most commonly use gas which emits greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
SP8 - Obtain, Evaluate, Communicate:
This week my partner and I calculated and displayed the carbon footprint produced when making our product, the Kanzashi Christmas Tree. The first step was to obtain the basic data in order to find out how much carbon footprint was used to make one. To do that, we had to find out the distance between the retailer and the manufacturer. We had to multiply the distance in miles by 0.8g if the product was sent via plane, 0.17g if sent via truck, 0.1g if sent via train and by 0.41g if sent via car. Our products were either sent overseas or by the same state from manufacturer to retailer and the last part of the carbon footprint was calculating the distance between the retailer to AdVENTURE STEM. Calculating all of this, we had a total of 22045.206g of CO2 used to make our products.
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