Carbon Expert News | How to reduce your carbon footprint

The Carbon Footprint specifically counts how much greenhouse you expel, minus how much you take back in, in your daily life. Here's a few tips.

General

1. Use vegetable-based and biodegradable products of all kinds: From plastics to bio-diesel, from soaps & detergents to computer parts & rail road ties, nearly everything can now be made from renewable resources at competitive/cheaper prices. Ask your merchants to find them for you!
2. Reuse instead of throw away & share instead of buying. Old toothbrushes make a great tool, and if you need a ladder, ask your neighbour.
3. Buy Local, especially your fresh foods. Anything you buy affects your Carbon Footprint, and fresh foods are almost always by truck or plane, hence, very carbon intensive. Canned foods, even from far away can sometimes beat fresh foods in their carbon footprints (including the manufacturing of the can), simply by slower transports and no refrigeration.
4. Ask for renewable energy from your electricity provider. Most electricity companies in the US, EU & AUS now provide a premium service, which forces them to provide you with renewable energy only. You may have to pay extra, but now you can leave the lights on without feeling all that guilty.

At the Office

1. No more plastic disposable cups! Let everyone bring in a mug or a glass from their home, and wash it in the restroom.
2. Printouts are so 1990... Nothing should ever be printed anymore. Provide notebooks and pens for those who still feel like scribbling.
3. Power down when you leave, from lights to computers, everything should be off when you leave the office.

Transportation

1. Use your bike or just your feet!
2. Use the bus, the train, the metro, the tram, or whatever else is available
3. Get a "green" vehicle.
4. Carpool - get a lift to school or work with a friend.

Source: green.wikia.com

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Lessons to be learnt from Europe on carbon pricing and farming
This week the government finally saw its carbon tax legislation passed through parliament. At the same time farmers have received the first approved methodology for how carbon farming could work.  In both cases a registry of emissions units will track Australian carbon credits. But if the European experience is anything to go by, Australia will need to be vigilant to ensure fraud does not occur.
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UK government releases first CRC league table
But critics say table does not provide an accurate view of how much energy is “wasted”, or reflect past efforts on efficiency. It may no longer apply to carbon credits but the first UK Government CRC energy Efficiency Scheme league table, released yesterday, still has its critics.  The biggest accusation has been it does not provide a true indication of how a company’s energy efficiency measures – the table only measures actions taken over the last year, and some have said it penalizes data centres that were designed to be efficient built before this period
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China accused of 'climate blackmail' over HFC credits
Chinese official says country will stop destroying harmful greenhouse gas if carbon credits it generates are outlawed.  China has threatened to release huge amounts of the potent greenhouse gas HFC-23 if the international community proceeds with plans to ban carbon credits generated by destroying the gas.  HFC-23 is a by-product of the refrigerant gas HCFC-22 which has a much greater warming effect than carbon dioxide and stays in the atmosphere for up to 200 years.
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Advanced Global Trading encourages motoring enthusiasts to offset emissions at 2011 Dubai International Motor Show
Carbon trading brokerage, Advanced Global Trading (AGT), has arguably the toughest sell of all at this year's Dubai International Motor Show as it tries to convince motoring enthusiasts to 'go green' and offset their vehicles' carbon emissions.
Steve Graham, Senior Consultant at AGT, says: "We know we have a tough job on our hands to convince these car fanatics - many of whom own gas guzzling supercars - to offset the CO2 their vehicles emit into the environment. However, given we're the only carbon brokers in the Middle East we've decided to exhibit at the Motor Show to highlight the environmental issues and raise people's awareness as much anything else. The UAE has one of the highest per capita CO2 emission rates in the world and cars are responsible for huge part of this with over a million vehicles registered in Dubai alone."
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