The ISCFC is all about reducing our individual and collective contributions to climate change.
But is climate change really happening? Is it mostly caused by human activity, including our production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?
In the United States and elsewhere, there are people who are not convinced by the science. But the great thing about science is that we use evidence to evaluate scientific questions. So what is the evidence related to climate change?
Are you or are you not convinced by the majority of climate scientists who say that climate change is real and largely human caused? Why are you convinced/not convinced? What evidence might change your mind one way or the other?
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The Big effects of Climate Change
While doing the calculations of my carbon foot print, I learned that my feet are pretty big, size 10757 to be exact. My highest levels happened to be in the categories of food and purchases. The surprised me; my family usually eats organic foods and oftentimes buys locally at the nearest farmer's market. As my science class delved deeper into the topic of carbon dioxide and climate change, I learned of the profound negative effects it's having on the environment, and that scared me. So, I started to think of some ideas that may shrink my feet.
Because my carbon footprint was so high in the food category, I started my focus on that. As I brainstormed, I thought of all the carbon dioxide that must go into the machinery that creates the plastic packaging used for produce. I realized that if I shop more often at a farmer's market, where they sell organic, locally grown foods, I could bring my own reusable containers instead. This would reduce my use of the plastic and galvanize the reuse of clean, unused containers.
My carbon footprint was also unusually large in pur chases. I don't go shopping for myself very often unless I'm looking for something in particular that I need, but I do always buy brand new clothing in its own plastic bag. A solution for this could be to bring my own reusable bag when I go shopping so that I don't need a plastic one. I would take more hand-me-downs from my family, but unfortunately all my cousins are shorter than five foot four inches; however, I am not opposed to buying from more thrift shops that have pre-owned clothing.
As the temperature goes up, the amount of life goes down in the world. I'm going to start taking shorter showers, eating more organic and locally grown foods, shopping more efficiently, and doing what I can to help the environment. Everyone is at fault and if everyone does his/her part, we may finally be able to lower CO2 emissions and save the world.
I understand your point, I also looked deeper into this topic and found out that is used in the food industry and the chemical industry, and is in things like the fermentation in sugar and in the decaying of organic materials. There is one incident where apparently Omega 3-fatties are in the algae and when a fish eats that or a krill it then has carbon dioxide in it, then when they bring it to a market or something the fish is then passed to us humans and what do we do with food eat it so then it can be consumed by us. To me thats a little sketch due to the fact that these fish may carry is possibly and theres tons of people that enjoy fish.





