Last week there was a seminar on Carbon Offsets at Rotman by Mr. Ron Dembo, the Founder of Zero Footprint, a company that is engaged in helping the world a better place to live, by helping to reducing the amount of Carbon emissions. Having come across the term "Carbon Offset" and "Carbon trading" many, many, many times in my earlier job, I thought the lecture would primarily focus on how to make money out of the current opportunity in Cabon trading. So, I didn't attend the talk. And, I was wrong. But thanks to Rotman Corporate Citizenship Institute, we were sent a video link of the talk.
With the world becoming more flatter, the awareness for making the world more livable for the future generation has also become more visible. I came across some important points, some through the lecture and some thru some further googling:
1. Just if 660 million people across the world who have computers change their Computer Screensavers to black, we can shut down 100 Nuclear Power plants or 350 Coal Plants
2. Contrary to the general perception that India and China are major Carbon (read atmosphere) pollutants, the North American Countries are the major pollutants. (Leaders in this also!!)
3. Still they insist that India and China reduce their pollution levels. (Remember "Kyoto Protocol"..But accepted when considered from a broader view)
4. Poverty is also a important factor in adding to Carbon Emissions. For example, in Congo the head of a family is left with no other option than to destroy the trees and animals in his nearby area. Why because with no work and no money to spend what else he would do when his entire family is starving for food.
5.Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours (Source: Recoup)
6. On average for every minute an air passenger is airbourne he is responsible for the emission of enough CO2 to fill 167 party balloons. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
7. An area the size of Ireland would need to be planted every year to offset the emissions generated by the world’s aircraft. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
8. One return flight from the UK to Australia is the equivalent to the climate change impacts of heating, cooking and lighting in an average house for nearly three years. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
Interested in knowing how much carbon each of you emitting??.. Visit the webpage http://www.zerofootprint.net/ and use the Carbon Emission calculator. Set yourself some goals for Carbon Emission reduction...Lets make the Earth a better place to live.
1. Just if 660 million people across the world who have computers change their Computer Screensavers to black, we can shut down 100 Nuclear Power plants or 350 Coal Plants
2. Contrary to the general perception that India and China are major Carbon (read atmosphere) pollutants, the North American Countries are the major pollutants. (Leaders in this also!!)
3. Still they insist that India and China reduce their pollution levels. (Remember "Kyoto Protocol"..But accepted when considered from a broader view)
4. Poverty is also a important factor in adding to Carbon Emissions. For example, in Congo the head of a family is left with no other option than to destroy the trees and animals in his nearby area. Why because with no work and no money to spend what else he would do when his entire family is starving for food.
5.Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours (Source: Recoup)
6. On average for every minute an air passenger is airbourne he is responsible for the emission of enough CO2 to fill 167 party balloons. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
7. An area the size of Ireland would need to be planted every year to offset the emissions generated by the world’s aircraft. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
8. One return flight from the UK to Australia is the equivalent to the climate change impacts of heating, cooking and lighting in an average house for nearly three years. (Source: The Daily Telegraph)
Interested in knowing how much carbon each of you emitting??.. Visit the webpage http://www.zerofootprint.net/ and use the Carbon Emission calculator. Set yourself some goals for Carbon Emission reduction...Lets make the Earth a better place to live.
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