In this world, people are still learning about the problems for combustion engines, and transportation such as cars planes and buses that have on the for the fossil fuels to our atmosphere. All transportation run by combustion engines releases mass amounts of fossil fuels into our atmosphere, which leads to climate change due to greenhouse gasses. Planes especially have a contribution to the fuels, since they are huge and need lots of power to take off and maintain speed while flying. Also, with millions of cars on the streets daily, fossil fuels are also being released at an alarming rate. Even electric vehicles require a lot of energy to produce which causes the release of fossil fuels. There are a few possibilities to where we can fix this problem. For one, taking public transportation is one of the best ways to begin shortening our carbon footprint. Two, buying electric vehicle takes a huge step from combustion engines, which will extremely shorten our carbon footprint. Although they require a lot of energy to produce, if used long enough, they are more efficient than combustion engines. And finally, making commercial electric planes will help reduce the carbon footprint of many travelers.

Degradarea mediului înconjurător este un proces lent, dar sigur. În prezent, poluarea și epuizarea resurselor naturale reprezintă probleme ce afectează o mare parte din populația planetei.
A venit vremea să conștientizăm faptul că resursele naturale NU sunt interminabile și că orice mică acțiune pe care o exercităm asupra mediului înconjurător, cum ar fi simpla aruncare a unui ambalaj pe stradă, va avea consecințe negative.
Iată cum puteți contribui la protejarea mediului înconjurător:
1. Nu mai aruncați gunoaie pe jos!
Pentru început, adoptați un comportament ecologic prin a evita să mai aruncați gunoaiele direct pe stradă. Există recipiente speciale pentru colectarea deșeurilor, amplasate în fiecare oraș. Fiți cetățeni responsabili și încurajați reciclarea materialelor din sticlă, hârtie și plastic, plasând deșeurile în pubelele corespunzătoare.
2. Dacă dețineți o fabrică sau o firmă care poluează mediul prin arderea materiei brute, asigurați-vă că apelați la serviciile companiilor care se ocupă de colectarea și reciclarea deșeurilor industriale, cum ar fi GREENGlobal, pentru a reduce gradul de poluare.
3. Conduceți mai rar!
Mașinile poluează EXTREM de mult prin arderea combustibilului și evacuarea acelui fum negru și toxic, care este atât de nociv pentru mediul înconjurător.

Carbon footprint of students can vary greatly depending on their lifestyle and habits. However, it's crucial for students to be mindful of their environmental impact and strive to reduce their carbon footprint. Simple changes like using public transportation, reducing energy consumption, and adopting sustainable practices can make a significant difference. Moreover, educational institutions should also promote eco-friendly initiatives and provide resources to help students make more environmentally conscious choices. By collectively working towards reducing carbon emissions, students can contribute to a healthier planet for future generations.

i agree with your opinion, but the students are not careful to the Carbon Footprint.

I agree that students should try to reduce their carbon footprint and should be more mindful of their environmental impact. While I agree with that, I disagree that students should use public transportation more. I take a bus 2 miles to the train station then take the train 45 minutes to my house every day after school, this increases my carbon footprint a massive amount. My overall foot print is 25,784 kgs and my transportation carbon footprint was 18,311 kgs, which is about 70% of my overall carbon footprint. So instead of public transportation i propose to use electric cars and carpool with a friend. This will really make a difference in your carbon footprint and help overall sustain a healthy environment.

Of course I agree that reducing carbon footprint is important and I agree that changing your lifestyle can help with that. It is very frustrating for me though because when I took the test, my carbon footprint for transportation was way above average, however I don't know how to reduce it! I live far away from school but I take the bus and I have to go to sports practice everyday. I feel like I can't really reduce my transportation footprint even though I want to because most of where I go is necessary to my daily life. Overall, I want to find a way to dramatically change my carbon footprint but still get where I need to go.

I also agree that students need to be more aware of their impact in order to reduce their carbon footprint. However, I don’t believe that a small lifestyle change is necessary for all students. From my experience, the biggest carbon sink that I had was airplanes/flights as they took up half of my footprint at about 9,300 kgs. So for me, if I wanted to bring my carbon footprint down the best solution would be to fly less and not to switch to public transportation. Also in my case, I already take public transportation so I wouldn’t need to switch to using it. But, It doesn’t mean that people who don’t take public transit shouldn’t stop, only that not everyone needs to make that change as they already might be taking public transit. Depending on the person their carbon footprint may be heavily increased by different influences, therefore I agree that people can change their carbon footprint by changing something, but not everyone can change a small thing and have the same impact.

As an entire population, our world is still learning about the negative effects combustion engines and transportation have on the addition of fossil fuels to our atmosphere. All transportation run by combustion engines emits mass amounts of fossil fuels into our atmosphere, leading to climate change due to greenhouse gasses. Planes especially contribute immense amounts of fossil fuels since they are very big and require a lot of power to take off and maintain speed while flying. Additionally, with the tens of millions of cars on the streets daily, fossil fuels are being emitted at an absurd rate. Even electric vehicles require a lot of energy to produce which causes the emission of tons of fossil fuels. How can we fix this problem? There are a few possibilities... First, carpooling and taking public transportation is one of the best ways to begin minimizing your carbon footprint. For every person who contributes, we will emit less every day. Secondly, buying electric vehicles is a big step up from combustion engines, which will drastically minimize your carbon footprint. Although they require a lot of energy to produce, if used long enough, they are more efficient than combustion engines. Finally, developing commercial electric planes will immensely help reduce the carbon footprint of many travelers. Let's continue to minimize our carbon footprint and make our planet a healthier place.

I want to bring up planes. I think planes are very important for life because they allow you to travel all around the world in just a few hours. I think planes are great but I think we should change something about them. We need to change the fact that planes are major polluters. Planes remain among the most polluting means of transport and something needs to be done. I propose electric planes. I have no idea how one would go about doing this, but this is just a suggestion. I want to bring this up because personally I travel and go on airplanes a lot and in return, I pollute a lot. This year, I calculated my carbon footprint and it said that it was 25,784 kgs of CO2 per year, compared to the average in California; 9,727 kgs of CO2 per year. You might be wondering why my carbon footprint is so high. It is because I travel so much. 18,311 of the 25,784 kgs of CO2 was from transportation. So overall, I think something needs to change about airplanes because I want to keep traveling but I dont want to be a major polluter.

Do you know why birds are showing up in the most unlikely places? That's because of climate change messing with their migration patterns, in fact warmer temperatures mess up their internal GPS, so they end up flying to different places for food and shelter. These bird migrations might not seem like a big deal, but they mess with ecosystems and can even make some species struggle to survive. So, let's keep an eye on life below our heads and work to protect their habitats.

We need to prioritize clean development by reducing our reliance on non-renewable sources of energy. Instead of burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas, which release harmful emissions into the atmosphere, we should focus on renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectric power.
By transitioning to renewable energy, we can not only reduce pollution and combat climate change but also create new job opportunities and stimulate economic growth in the clean energy industry. Investing in renewable energy technologies and infrastructure is key to achieving a sustainable future for our planet and future generations.

From factory emissions from fossil fuels burned by automobiles, there are many ways that our world develops. Without development we will have no technological advancements in our world. In which we constantly need to address the many problems we face in our modern world. There needs to be a form of clean energy, one which may be burned through without causing any form of environmental damage. This is true of Electricity in certain cases depending upon how it is generated. If generated via clean means (Water, Wind, Thermal via the Sun), there is no emission which can be traced back to it, nor can impact the environment. It’s one of many clean sources of energy which have no polluted or harmful emissions. These sources of energy need to be used more efficiently and often. Solar could be the most viable, as it is the most efficient and viable but is expensive and only works on a clear sunny day. In my opinion I feel that we could most definitely use more wind energy as it's free, The only problem is that it won't always be windy. So what else could we use? Short answer, all of the different energy sources.
See in my Opinion we could utilize all of them, chances are most companies don't use all of them but some are returning to a more energy efficient way to reduce emissions and keep cost low while not damaging the environment in any way.

Sources - https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings … -mechanism
https://www.energy.gov/eere/renewable-energy

There are multiple different ways that we can keep our environment clean, but one of the biggest ways is simply throwing away or recycling your trash. Many people don’t actually realize how much trash ruins the environment and how much it kills animals. The United States alone produces 268 million tons of waste each year, 140 million of it going into landfills. Each American throws away about 1,200 pounds of organic waste each year, meaning we only recycle about 67.2 million tons of a possible 267.8 million. Animals are also innocent victims affected by litter. Over one million animals die each year just from trash pollution alone. 60% of water pollution is also attributed to litter. At least 100,000 fish and other marine animals die from plastic pollution per year. The American society can set up many clean development systems that the citizens can follow. This will help lower the percentage of the amount of pollution. In having a good system in which the recyclables actually get recycled and disposed of properly, we can save the wildlife and our planet as a whole. Cleaning up the environment is critical, it preserves our biosphere, and helps preserve the earth's natural resources. If you don’t know what we should be recycling; we should always recycle our water bottles, newspapers, mixed paper, magazines, cardboard, plastic drink bottles, plastic product bottles, aluminum cans, and even our clothes. We should also always throw our trash away in the trash bins to keep our planet clean. Using more wind turbines and solar panels to power buildings and using more public transportation and electric trains can also reduce carbon a lot. On this earth we have to take care of eachother and put our own personal wants aside. We all can make an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and make the world a better place.

I Like this application very much you când learn to recycle and more other things???

It's not good to pollute!

One of the biggest contributors to climate change is the fossil fuels that most of us use everyday to heat our homes, power our cars, and to cook our food. This is something that is so important to fix. Something that we can do is to start using alternatives to propane gas. There are lots of alternatives out there for using propane gas, such as biodiesel, electric powered vehicles, natural gas vehicles. To heat your home there are also lots of alternatives such as geothermal power, which is very cost effective and works very well. Solar power is also another alternative to heating homes, that is so much better for the environment then gas. There are so many other solutions to heating your home in a different way, and they are not all exponentially more expensive. We should all be trying to find ways in our lives to find alternatives that will work for us for cars, heating, and all of the other appliances used in our household in our daily lives. It is hard to make an immediate switch from your old gas powered car to a new electric one, but start small. Look at how these alternative solutions will effect you and your carbon footprint. This small switch might seem like it is unnecessary and not doing a lot, but it will  impact so much if we all do our part to try and lower our carbon footprint.

Sustainable aviation fuel or SAF is a fuel made with feedstocks that can go into all commercial planes when blended with traditional jet fuel. Currently we can only blend 50% SAF with conventional jet fuel on commercial flights, but even with that limit, SAF can reduce GHG emissions by 40-47%. One negative of SAF is that it is about 3 times more expensive than conventional jet fuel. I do believe it is a necessary development if we want to save the planet.

High speed rails are an efficient cheep and good for the environment way to transport people quickly across country’s. They run completely off of Electricity and they move at around 200 mph (320 kph). The best part is they would limit the amount of people driving cars and riding on planes which are some of the biggest carbon emitting things on the earth right now. Most countries have high speed rails but if you are not in one of those countries try to bring it up with your parents or you teachers to try to bring it to there attention so hopefully we can install high speed rails in countries that don’t really have them.

if you can use less energy to move more people instead of having them drive themselfs it helps the eviroment so makes perfect sence to me

The clean development mechanism is good for the environment. The clean development mechanism is good for the environment because it causes the carbon emission in countries that need their carbon emission to go down goes down at a high rate. Another reason and way the clean development mechanism works and is good for the environment is it doesn’t always cost money(recycling cans and bottles).

For centuries we have been blessed to be part of a planet that does so much for us, yet we don't do enough for it. An example of this is air pollution. Do you know that 91 percent of the earth's population is breathing in polluted air? In the year 2017,air pollution contributed to 5 million deaths globally. A lot of pollution is a result of the gas emissions from factories. The way to reduce this problem significantly is using less factory made products.  Other ways are making home made items instead of store bought ones, or using less plastic. Another example is littering. Littering is a result of us humans leaving our trash around which ultimately affects marine life. Littering can largely be avoided if we are responsible for our own trash. This means being accountable for the garbage that you have by throwing it away.A lot of the plastic that we used ends up being dumped into the ocean and kills marine animals.A huge way to limit our plastic usage is using metal water bottles as opposed to minimal use plastic ones. My final example is wastage of water in our environment.Did you know that we waste 1.7 gallons of water annually.We can preserve about 10 gallons of water a day if we can just turn off the faucet.2/3 of the water we use comes from showers,so we should all make an effort to limit our time in there.In this earth we have to take care of eachother and put our own needs and desires aside.We all can make efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and make the world a better place.

Sources:
https://earth.org/10-facts-about-air-pollution/
         https://kidadl.com/facts/littering-fact … tonish-you

https://homemindful.com/water-wastage-statistics/

I think I can speak for every one when I say that I want to make the world a better place. Now, don’t get me wrong when I say that. I am aware that some actually don’t want the world to be a better place; however, most of the people do actually want to make the world a better place. They are either just to lazy to or are unable to do anything about it.

I did not know that 91% of Earth’s population breathe polluted air. And 5 million deaths because of it? This is ridiculous! If the situation is this out of hand, are we even going to be able to fix it? Although using factory made products is a solution, maybe there are better alternatives. What if we convert the gas powered factories into electricity powered factories? Would that even be possible? If we are able to figure out how to make cars be powered with electricity, is it so implausible to do the same with factories? Burning fossil fuels is the issue here; factories using those fossil fuels is just something that happened.

About the littering; how exactly could we resolve that? I guess we could put out trash cans everywhere and hope that people throw their garbage into them, but that isn’t foolproof. People could still miss or deliberately throw them on the ground.

The water consumption is something much easier to fix, in my opinion. We just need to use less water. Take shorter showers. Turn off the water when brushing our teeth. Why are we leaving the water running when it isn’t necessary? What are you doing in the bathroom for so long that your taking such long showers?

As you said; we need to put our wants and desires down and put our needs first. We must make the world a better place while we still can…before it’s too late.

Supporting each other through proper housing to live in, and fresh supplies of food is important. However, doing all this can also negatively impact our environment in various ways. When more and more housing and buildings are constructed, this means more natural habitats of animals and forests will be torn down to expand our cities and towns. Many more roads and highways will have to be built as our cities expand farther away from many central parts causing cars to travel a much farther distance. For fresh food supplies that aren't grown locally to be transported from all around the world will increase the amount of greenhouse gasses being released from transportation boats, trucks, and lorries; not to mention the extra amount of refrigeration that needs to be used for the long distances. To reduce this, it's better to purchase locally-grown products as much as possible. Try taking public transit to get around more than cars, especially when the distance isn't too far.

The lack of sustainable infrastructure around Vancouver limits the "green " transportation actions that citizens can take. Although there are some parking spaces that offer electric car chargers, there are limited hydrogen car/truck refilling stations. If the city put more money into "clean" infrastructure, it would be the first step for Vancouver to have a lower impact on the earth.

them shoud recycle good and more

I think that if a large community used wind andsolar, we could reduce carbon emissions. We can convert this to hydrogen, use it to store energy, move transport and heat. Hydrogen has three time energy respect petrol! Every year we spend money using fossil fuels instead of investing in renewables.

I thoroughly agree with your viewpoint. We will gain in the long run if we invest in renewable energy, such as solar or wind power, because we will not only protect the environment, but we will also have the potential to save money. Furthermore, if everyone considered the long-term use of renewable energy, we may have a stable environment and carbon cycle.

I also agree with this perspective, implementing policies and laws that restrict the use of fossil fuels could significantly benefit the environment. This has already begun to be implemented in the law but needs to continue, for example Fossil fuel reductions in federal buildings are required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (according to https://www.npr.org/2023/04/10/11646521 … 20levels.). If we were able to restrict the use of fossil fuels that emit harmful emissions, it would have a greater impact than individual improvement. When this becomes a requirement we will begin to see significant change.

I also agree with your stance on renewable energy. Using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels can be more efficient and better for the environment. The only drawback is that renewable energy sources usually take up more land than fossil fuel sites. However, in the long run, I believe that renewable energy will be able to stabilize the carbon cycle and ultimately help stop global warming.

I agree that wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy are extremely important to make an impact in the fight against climate change. These solutions are some of greatest tools, because not only do they help the environment, but they can also provide jobs and other economic incentives. Personally, most of the reduction in emissions from my country, America, has been due to the implementation and usage of solar and wind!

Renewable energy is beneficial to the environment and human health. Renewable energy is also known as clean energy. Clean energy has biomass resources that cover increasing biodiversity, storing carbon in the soil, improving water quality and quantity, and controlling erosion. Renewable energy is also cheap and creates jobs. The energy is sourced from the wind, water, underground, etc. Clean energy also helps reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere. It would create a better environment for humans and wildlife. 

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/rai … ble-energy

here are many ways we can have a cleaner development. Starting with trying to reduce what’s been causing a species distribution (SD or SDM). If we reduce human emissions and greenhouse gases, this will cause a cleaner development. We can reduce both human emissions and greenhouse gases, by burning less fossil fuels, reducing CO2 emissions, and cleaner technologies/energy. These are some of the main advances of cleaner development. How can these have a positive impact? Will burning fossil fuels cause less air pollution going into the atmosphere as well as fewer greenhouse gases and human emissions? Reducing CO2 emissions means we will be using more low-carbon sources of energy, renewable energy sources, and renewable technologies. Cleaner technologies can lead to us using more nuclear energy and will help with cleaner and renewable energy. Not to mention how much of a positive impact renewable technologies will have on cleaner development. https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy is a great article about cleaner development.

Renewable energies mean a reduction in CO2 emissions and other environmental impacts, since they avoid the burning of fossil fuels and other polluting activities such as those of the nuclear cycle.
Influencing that energy sources for our domestic uses are cleaner, however, is not easy. For example, in our country there is still no electricity company that offers only "green electricity", that is, electricity from 100% renewable energy. As users we have few options to support production with clean energy, although we can know what percentage of the electricity we pay comes from renewable energy sources, what percentage from nuclear, etc. as this information should appear on the invoice. We could also inform the company of our interest in receiving electricity from renewable energies and try to create a trend.

I think that asking companies for electricity from renewable energy sources is a really good idea. If it did manage to start a trend it would lower the demand for energy from nonrenewable sources and raise demand for energy from renewable sources. This would force companies to use less nonrenewable energy sources.

Small trashes on the street can cause a big problem! When you throw trashes anywhere, you might cause garbage pollution. Garbage pollution arises when the waste collected in dumping sites keeps rotting, spreading odour and cause air pollution in the surrounding areas. (https://infinitylearn.com/surge/english … pollution/) Air pollution is affective which will damage Earth. The temperature will also increase and the ices in North and south Antarctica melts. I don’t think any one of us want that……so the best diction is to clean our environment! We can start with cleaning inside our classroom and our house. Then, we can start not to throw garbages anywhere we want to. Hope we can make it different! I hope you also read mine post!!!!!!!!!

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I agree with you, however I think that simply disposing of waste is not the solution, and instead we should work to promote reuse and recycling. First of all, when we remove trash from classrooms and homes, we put it into garbage bins, it does not disappear when this happens. A problem that arises from this is where the trash will eventually end up, which is ultimately landfills. These landfills are terrible for the environment, and have a very negative effect on the people and communities surrounding the dump. I think a better solution is to promote reuse of trash and finding new ways to use old products. While cleaning out trash from our communities is important, I also believe it is paramount we find a way to reuse the dwindling supplies that we depend on.
Source: https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2021/0 … controlled.

I do agree with you but I think recycling would have a better impact. When we pick up trash off the ground we help out the environment but the trash will end up in landfills which also have a negative impact on the environment.

I think that switching to renewable energy would be better for the environment as they can help reduce carbon emissions. However, since fossil fuels are widely used, making a sudden change would not be the best idea, since many people and companies rely on them.  A gradual change would be all it would take to stop global warming. Even so, stopping global warming cannot be done with a small group of people, but the whole human population.

Cleaning and cooking are one of the biggest useful things in the world because cleaning helps with the reduce of sickness and lower the rate of having to skip work or working out.And also Cooking is a big thing because how will you eat without cooking over 90% of the world know hot too cook and it is very hepfull for the populations .

Clean cooking could reduce pollution from burning wood or coal from regular stoves and protect human health if around 43% of families would change from traditional stoves to clean cooking. Billions of people around the world cook by polluting fuels which emit plumes of smoke that cause significant health impacts and premature deaths. Actions that need to be aggressively implemented are clean cooking technologies such as liquid petroleum gas, advanced biomass stoves, stoves that heat with solar energy, ect. Clean stoves reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing thermal efficiency or ventilation. Unfortunately for the economy, carbon dioxide equivalent emissions can be reduced by 31.38–76.34 gigatons at a net first cost of $136.64–302.76 billion. Clean cookstoves raise cooking operating costs by $1.96–4.38 trillion over the stove lifetime because many families collect fuel for free.

When I first learned about climate change as a kid, I watched shows and documentaries from a few years ago that warned me about climate change and how if we did not take drastic action soon, our world would be forever changed. That may still be the case, but we are not too late, we can still fix this issue and come out without too much death. California’s Senate Bill 100, passed in 2018, gave me hope that the wider world was finally taking climate change seriously. If California succeeds in its goal to have 100% of its energy come from renewables by 2045, it would serve as a great example for many countries around the world with similar populations and sizes as California. If we can support more countries to make and meet goals like this, I believe this is the greatest step we can realistically take at this time to significantly reduce the negative effects of climate change.
Here is more information on the California goal:https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and- … by%202045.

There's quite a few ways we can keep our environment clean but some of them would be shortening how much water we use and throwing away or recycling or trash. This obviously may sound like a small step or impossible to control throughout the world but shortening like our showers by a few minutes or turning the water off while your brushing your teeth can make it a long way.

If we stop using water so long, then we will help our planet. We need to take shorter showers and with cold water, because cold showers can help save energy and warm water will use more energy.

While it is true that this is a good step we can take in the direction of stopping climate change, I believe there is much more we can do. To effectively take impactful steps to a better future, we need everyone on board, most importantly big corporations and world leaders. We need the people and corporations in power to recognize the crisis we are in, and we need to get them to make changes that will actually help us. To do this, we need to continue to fight for what we, and our world needs. I believe that the ones contributing most to climate change are the ones to blame. There should be regulations and rules to ensure a more environmentally friendly future. To truly fight climate change, everyone needs to do everything they can, from big to small.

Yes, one way of improving the environment and improving the health of people is clean cooking. Clean cooking could reduce pollution from burning wood or coal from regular stoves and protect human health if around 43% of families would change from traditional stoves to clean cooking. Billions of people around the world cook by polluting fuels which emit plumes of smoke that cause significant health impacts and premature deaths. Actions that need to be aggressively implemented are clean cooking technologies such as liquid petroleum gas, advanced biomass stoves, stoves that heat with solar energy, ect. Clean stoves reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing thermal efficiency or ventilation. Unfortunately for the economy, carbon dioxide equivalent emissions can be reduced by 31.38–76.34 gigatons at a net first cost of $136.64–302.76 billion. Clean cookstoves raise cooking operating costs by $1.96–4.38 trillion over the stove lifetime because many families collect fuel for free.

I will be creating a new, emission-free, clean-and-green cargo transportation ship. In order to have a low carbon output, this modern ship is going to have advanced electrical engines and renewable energy sources including solar panels and wind turbines. With zero emissions , this ship will be able to reduce pollution but also create a more eco-friendly and less carbon-heavy future for sea transportation.

https://medium.com/the-treatise/renewab … 7e8b271ff8
https://www.shipbob.com/blog/eco-friendly-shipping/

It would also be extremely beneficial to use more local products/goods, even within the country since electric vehicles are so common.

The importance of corporate social responsibility is enormous, and it plays a significant role in climate change. 100 energy firms are said to be in charge of 71% of all industrial emissions, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Accordingly, huge corporations—especially when compared to the typical person—have the greatest influence on carbon emissions. In addition, a lot of the things utilized by the typical person that have a harmful influence on the environment are produced by corporations. The NRDC estimates that 630 metric tons of greenhouse gases are produced during the production of food and beverage firms' goods. Making and distributing these products using environmentally sustainable methods could stop this.

One thing we can do to reduce our carbon footprints is using more natural lighting than indoor lighting. Using indoor lighting uses electricity made from burning coals and fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere so opening a window or lifting the blindes is a great way to let sunlight illuminate our homes that helps cut back our carbon footprints. If that's not something you'd prefer, remembering to turn off the lights before leaving and room is also a great way to help. Another thing we can do is accept hand-me-downs and thrift more often. When we buy things new, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere from the factories making them. This can be avoided by buying things that have already been bought and used, so more new things don't need to be made. We can thrift all sorts of things from clothing, household supplies, decorations, and more. Not everyone is able to do large things to contribute to the survival of our environment, so remembering to do little things like these in our everyday lives can help a lot.

For background information, “DAC” or Direct Air Capture system, is a product used to extract excess carbon from the atmosphere. It uses sticky receptors that the carbon dioxide sticks to without attracting any other unneeded gasses. It is able to separate a meaningful amount of carbon dioxide from the air but this process requires a huge amount of air to come in contact with the receptors because sometimes the carbon in the air can be very dilute. This process is efficient but is not cost effective and requires a lot of advanced technology to be developed and huge amounts of space. Currently, there are 18 DAC plants operating worldwide capturing about 0.01MtCO2 per year. And one plant is being developed in the United States that is projected to capture 1MtCO2. In the net zero emission by 2050 scenario DAC is projected to capture about 60MtCO2 per year by 2030. The carbon dioxide captured from the DAC systems can be implanted into the earth’s crust but more importantly, can have a second use to benefit humankind and possibly solve the climate crisis. Compressed CO2 can be used for manufacturing plastics, cement, carbon fiber, oil productions, and improving indoor agricultural yields. It can even be used for beverage carbonation which goes to show how ingrained and helpful extracted CO2 could be in the future. If we can find a way to use compressed CO2 to help with something like oil production which is already a coveted and toll taking matter on the earth to extract. It could speed up the process of cooling down the earth in an efficient amount of time to hopefully be able to save some species that are already suffering from climate change. Not only could DAC extracted carbon hopefully be able to save some endangered species but it could help humankind be more efficient with their carbon dioxide usage and help us rethink the way we produce products. Products that would normally be bad for the earth but if we use DAC extracted carbon a lot of our day to day resources could be better for the earth, which would eventually put an end to climate change.

Source: https://www.iea.org/reports/direct-air-capture

Cleaning up the environment is critical to the survival of life on Earth. It reduces pollution, preserves our biosphere, protects endangered species, and also helps preserve the earth's natural resources

i agree, i think the first step for cleaning up the environment is eliminating plastic, that as we know it is very dangerous for animals too.
do not throw waste in the ground in the next step to breathe clean air and guarantee a better place for wildlife as well as for future generation, in small steps you can change the situation!!!

The best way to develop a clean environment is to stop the production of single use plastics. Single use plastics are incredibly bad for the environment because first of all most of them are just being thrown on the street, which is making cities look un appealing. After that, the wind picks it up and throws it into the ocean which affects sea life substantually.

I agree, if we don't clean up the environment we will have many deficiencies in our ecosystem. Fossil fuels are the leading cause of CO2 emissions. This includes transportation as well as electricity and heat. To reduce transportation emissions , we need to use less gas powered vehicles and use electrical vehicles or bicycles. To cut off gas emissions from electricity and heat is just to simply use less of it. By turning off the sink when not using it, turning off lights when not in that room, or turning off the fan when you don't need it will add up.

I agree, if we don't clean up the environment we will have many deficiencies in our ecosystem. Fossil fuels are the leading cause of CO2 emissions. This includes transportation as well as electricity and heat. To reduce transportation emissions , we need to use less gas powered vehicles and use electrical vehicles or bicycles. To cut off gas emissions from electricity and heat is just to simply use less of it. By turning off the sink when not using it, turning off lights when not in that room, or turning off the fan when you don't need it will add up.

I agree to this idea. We have to make sure, and be responsible of our environment, and the ecosystem. It's not only where we live, buy also other hundreds and millions of other organisms. We shouldn't be selfish, and consider only about ourselves. We should think about how each and every single thing we do affect our whole environment. We are producing more and more waste each day, just for our own good. Plastics, CO2, deforestation, can all be stopped if we take our time, and help the environment. For example, get a cloth-made, recyclable bag for groceries, ride our bike/walk as much as possible, and cutting down our needs for wooden products. All are some good ways to actually do something for our environment. There are too many problems environmentally, and we should solve it step-by-step.

I had fun doing this project and learned how my actions affect the environment. It made me realize that I and others are doing things that hurt the planet every day. I want to change my habits so I can help the Earth.

How many lights stay on in schools all night? Our school is doing an energy’s audit and dealing with automatic lights which never turn off, or teachers and staff leaving lights on when the leave the room.
How can we make this as automatic as washing your hands after going to the bathroom? How can we ensure that people fall into climate healthy habits?
Are lights a very substantial factor in carbon footprints?

Clean development refers to the implementation of sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. To start clean development, individuals and organizations can first conduct an audit to identify areas of improvement in their daily activities, such as energy usage, transportation, and waste management. From there, they can implement changes such as using renewable energy sources, reducing single-use plastics, and promoting eco-friendly transportation options. Additionally, governments can create policies and incentives to encourage clean development practices and promote the use of renewable energy sources. By starting with small changes and making a concerted effort towards sustainable practices, we can work towards combatting climate change and creating a more sustainable future.

we can reduce the waste of water for exemple taking an short shower or taking it cold even if outside it is very cold. we need to stop wasting thing like water

I agree. I also think that there are other ways of saving water: when doing dishes or brushing teeth, turn off the water until you need to rinse. Dual-flush toilet systems, or other alternatives to flushing, are also helpful. As a society, we use excessive amounts of water - in the fortunate places - while other places are forced to travel long distances, and sometimes not even to clean water! The ocean is also becoming super polluted, so we need to stop flushing things into it. That includes sewage, plastics, fertilizers, pesticides, as well as lots of other things.

Dear people;

Our environment is very important to us and living things. Please share your thoughts about how you can SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
My thoughts: We can clean up our environment. We don't use plastic. We throw trash in the trash can.

Thank you very much

Hi Clara, ok

This is a very good suggestion to do, however this is something that we could do in the short term but in the long term we could start asking are government to put in clean energy sources. Like windmills because we get a lot of wind in Canada and they could power a lot of things. The government could also put in solar panels on new houses so that they don't completely rely on fossil fuels and more on clean energy. They could also give people money to change their  cars to electric because they cost more than normal gas powered cars.

The topic of confronting climate change is a complicated task as there are many options but many politicians and ourselves included are sometimes not committed to the idea of new energy and some fossil fuel companies are actively against change. Despite the resistance of some companies, there has been much progress such as companies and countries changing from fossil fuel to renewable energy such as coal-burning countries laying off or leveling the amount of coal used(Chart of coal usage in countries*). Since countries are laying off on fossil energy, we should also use solar panels and wind energy to help lower the amount of fossil fuel used and use cleaner energy appliances such as electric cars and LED lights. We could also create an organization that mostly concentrates on more renewable and cleaner energy sources and band all countries to petition and support these ideas.
*https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html

I definitely agree! Creating an organization that concentrates on renewable energy is definitely a good alternative to fossil fuel usage.

I believe that the countries in the world who want to improve pollution and reduce climate change should come together to band an organization promising to eliminate things like gas-powered machines by 2050. With more resources, it would be easier to implement electric powered machines in multiple countries at a time. In this organization, the companies could lend each other money in order to start organizations that help reduce climate change. The Millennium Development Goals are quite unrealistic and with only one country it would take decades

I have seen a lot of news about new technology that can improve transportation, but most of them are not much better than existing technology that we just aren't using. Los Angeles had a very good electric street car system in 1895 that was probably better than what some cities have today. The only thing stopping us from having efficient transportation everywhere is corporate lobbying and political opposition. Trains and streetcars have existed for over 100 years and there is no reason why any city should not have them.

When people think of carbon neutral energy sources, renewables come to mind, however renewables have downsides that a lot of people do not acknowledge. Solar and Wind energy are often seen as the quintessential renewable energy sources, however most do not acknowledge that solar panels only last for 25 years under optimal conditions (which could be severely shortened by storms and natural disaster), and after they break, it's likely they are not disposed of properly and the heavy metals they contain seep into the environment. Furthermore, Wind farms are very obstructive and pose a major hazard to birds, and can also be destroyed by storms. They also do not provide enough energy for entire cities, and all of these problems can be circumvented by nuclear energy. Nuclear reactors only cause a tiny amount of carbon emissions, but in exchange they provide an unparalleled level of energy. Through the use of Thorium, nuclear reactors eliminate the danger of a major meltdown, and thorium cannot be used in nuclear weapons, which are the two biggest concerns about nuclear. I think a greater emphasis needs to be placed on nuclear energy, since a lot of nuclear reactors were built several decades ago and modern technology could massively improve the efficency of nuclear reactors. Nuclear could be a long term solution to replace fossil fuels, which is a feat renewables likely cannot achieve due to the inconsistency seen in their energy, as solar and wind both heavily depend on the weather and climate to be functional, whereas nuclear would provide a constant stream of energy.

We can help keep the planet from further warming through reduction of water use/waste. For example, taking shorter showers can save gallons of water and taking cold showers can help save energy. Taking hotter showers needs more energy use and increases gas emissions.

I believe that it would be possible if everyone in the world made it their top priority. However, with all of the countries competing for resources and money, it would be difficult to come together and agree on how to get things done. Additionally, governments put large amounts of funding into other fields, like military. It would only be possible to complete so much in 2 years if our entire political structure changed.

We should stop using coal or gas generated electricity. Like in Germany, many houses have solar panels to not use coal and gas generated electricity.

I think one of the problems with solar and wind power is that its only available when its windy or sunny. This is what causes it to not make complete economic sense. However if we could develop a system of giant batteries that could be used as power banks so we could have a storage of power and electricity for when its not windy or sunny. This would make it possible to rely on just wind and solar power and completely cut out fossil fuels

I totally agree with you, it's a great idea to store the electricity producted by a solar or wind system in batteries.

*In addition to this, where I live, the weather is particularly sunny and windy therefore we can collect quite a few electricity. Unfortunately we can't store it.

You dont need 20-30 mins for a shower bestie

I do agree with you. I think people should use cold water instead of hot water, it avoids high electric consumptions and it allows people to bathe in less than 5 mins since it's cold hahaha