Every activities we do leaves a print in our environment.
According to WHO, a carbon footprint is a measure of the impact your activities have on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) produces through the burning of fossil fuels.
Carbon footprint represent the greenhouse gases generated to support a person's lifestyle and activity. The GHGs comes from the production and consumption of fossil fuels, food, manufactured goods, materials, roads and transportation (Youmatter, 2020).
To know about the amount of carbon footprint you produce, these are the carbon footprint calculator you can visit:
Sources:
Hotmess. (2018). The best way to reduce your carbon footprint. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdiA12KeSL0
Youmatter. (2020).What Is A Carbon Footprint? A Carbon Footprint Definition. Retrieved from https://youmatter.world/en/definition/definitions-carbon-footprint/.
WHO. (n.d.). Reducing your carbon footprint can be good for you health. https://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/factsheets/Kit2008_annex1_2.pdf?ua=1.
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