Title: Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), and explores what you can do to lighten those emissions to help reduce the rate of climate change. You will assess your ‘carbon footprint’ and see what actions you and, if relevant, other household members could take to lighten that footprint. You will also better understand which actions are more and less effective, and the scope and limits of what individuals can do at the personal and household level.
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Description:Focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), and explores what you can do to lighten those emissions to help reduce the rate of climate change. You will assess your ‘carbon footprint’ and see what actions you and, if relevant, other household members could take to lighten that footprint. You will also better understand which actions are more and less effective, and the scope and limits of what individuals can do at the personal and household level.
Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences – Earth and related environmental sciences
Education Level: Secondary school
Education Use: Informal education
Author: Roy Robin Date added: 07-04-2022Language: EN
Publisher/Institution: OpenLearn
License type: Creative Commons – Attribution – Non-Commercial – ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 
Primary User: Teacher
Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Narrative Text (theory)
Technical type (IEEE LOM): Text – Document
Time to read: 900min
Learning outcomes:
- Have a general understanding of Carbon Footprint
- Have a general understanding of Energy Efficiency
- Have a general understanding of Sustainability
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety – 4.4 Protecting the environment
DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems
Key words: carbon footprint, CO2, emission, Environment
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