How BIG is your CARBON FOOTPRINT?

   Carbon footprint is the measure of the amount of green house gases, measured in units of carbon dioxide, produced by human activities. A carbon footprint can be measured for an individual or an organization, and is typically given in tons of CO₂ emissions per year.

   Do u know that a person’s carbon footprint is the direct effect their actions have on the environment in terms of green house gases  emissions?. In general, the biggest contributors to the carbon footprints of individuals in our nations are transportation and household electricity use while the secondary carbon footprint is dominated by what we eat, what clothes we were and what personal products we are using.

   Some of the environmentally concern purpose websites provide the carbon footprint calculator whereby each of us can count how big is our carbon footprint. Following shown a breakdown of a typical individual's carbon footprint:

   Each of us can make a difference to our MOTHER NATURE just by reducing our carbon footprint and its easier than we think to get started. Firstly, we may need to calculate our individual's carbon footprint to know how BIG is it. Usually it is made up of a series of scores for example like Transport score, Energy score, Food score, and Waste score.

   Then, we can locate on the area that has created a bigger score and thus focus on reducing the carbon footprint on that area, a good example is to catch on public transport instead of driving your own car to work. Here is a list of ideas on reducing our carbon footprints through daily lives:

• Buy locally produced goods and services. Goods and services that are produced locally eliminate thousands of pounds of carbon by reducing fossil fuel on transportation and yet is normally cheaper in price.

• Plant a tree! Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen and they also provide you shading in a hot day.

• Reduce excessive baggage and pack lighter when taking flight. Planes flying with extra loads tend to use more fuel.

• Bike or walk whenever possible to a nearby destination instead of driving to reach there. And if u drive, drive at below speed limit to save fuel and gas emissions.

• Buy secondhand household items and save the carbon cost of the production of new goods.

• Use the washing machine only when it is fully loaded, as this can reduce the operations frequency and thus save energy.

ECOSAN Toilet: A new way to be harmony with our MOTHER NATURE!!!

   Ecological Sanitation which also known as ECOSAN is a concept on our sanitation system which recognized human excreta and household waste water as the resources to be recovered and to be reuse. In converse to the common practiced linear waste management that we had now, ECOSAN is much more enviromentally friendly in terms of nutrient and energy recovery.

   ECOSAN toilet is a dry toilet or waterless toilet which also means ECOSAN toilet bowl does not need to flush water, in that way we can prevent the wasting of water. In ECOSAN toilet, urine and faeces are separated by 2 compartments. The feaces will be decomposed by microbes and become soil-like. Both the feaces compost and urine can be used as natural fertilizers in gardening.
   In this way, not only that ECOSAN is ecological friendly, it also helps in conserving the water resources and quality as the solid-water separation job is very difficult. As the ECOSAN toilet doesn't use water, we can also save up to 60% of monthly bills!

Here's a clip about the construction of ECOSAN toilet projects by UNICEF India,