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Youth Calculator School Program City of Edmonton – Office of Environment

Youth Calculator School Program City of Edmonton – Office of Environment. Session Outline. Introductions Carbon Footprint The Youth Footprint Calculator Being Part of the Solution – Save Energy. What is a Carbon Footprint?.

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Youth Calculator School Program City of Edmonton – Office of Environment

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  1. Youth Calculator School Program City of Edmonton – Office of Environment

  2. Session Outline • Introductions • Carbon Footprint • The Youth Footprint Calculator • Being Part of the Solution – Save Energy

  3. What is a Carbon Footprint? • The amount of greenhouse gases produced by an individual, group, event, etc.

  4. What is a greenhouse gas?

  5. What happens if there is more greenhouse gases?

  6. A little about Carbon Dioxide • Carbon dioxide is one of the gases in the atmosphere that traps the heat from the sun • Humans produce carbon dioxide by…

  7. Why do we need to know?

  8. In Alberta

  9. Electricity • What would you do without electricity? • How do we measure electricity use?

  10. Can we use less electricity • Take action that uses less electricity • Use things that need less electricity

  11. Lightbulbs • Incandescent – 60w • CFL – 13w • LED – 8w

  12. What is a Watt?

  13. Youth Footprint Calculators • www.edmonton.ca/ecovision • City of Edmonton environmental programs • www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx • Footprint Calculator (Youth) • www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calgary_footprint_calculator • Footprint Calculator (Adult & Youth) – City of Calgary

  14. Tonnes of CO2 • On average, one tree can capture 0.0102 tonnes of CO2/year. • How many trees would it take to capture 1 tonne of CO2/year?

  15. How many trees? 98

  16. For one class, for one year • For one class of 25 students, who produce 7 tonnes of CO2/year, it would take 17,150 trees to remove all the CO2 and store it every year. • If everyone in Edmonton produced 7 tonnes of CO2/year, it would take 536,753,154 trees to remove all the CO2 and store it every year. • And that doesn’t count for factories and businesses, and things like schools and swimming pools.

  17. BE Part of the Solution 5 minutes of idling per day = 0.1 tonnes of CO2 per year That equals 10 trees for each 5 minutes per day.

  18. What’strueforthecar istrueforyou • The best way to warm up is by moving/driving. • Sitting still is harder on you than moving. • Eating (using a block heater) is best done before you run around.

  19. BE Part of the Solution • Save Energy • Pick one thing – make a difference • Challenge another school • Tell someone about it • Participate in Arbour Day (May) www.edmonton.ca/environmental/conservation_landscaping/arbor-day-in-edmonton.aspx • Participate in Environment Week (June) www.environment.gov.ab.ca/edu/eweek/

  20. EARTH HOUR • Last Saturday of March • 8:30 – 9:30 pm • Turn the lights out to show your support • Register at wwf.ca/earthhour

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