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Author | : Mike Berners-Lee |
Publisher | : Greystone Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1553658329 |
Part green-lifestyle guide, part popular science, How Bad Are Bananas? is the first book to provide the information we need to make carbon-savvy purchases and informed lifestyle choices and to build carbon considerations into our everyday thinking. The book puts our decisions into perspective with entries for the big things (the World Cup, volcanic eruptions, the Iraq war) as well as the small (email, ironing, a glass of beer). And it covers the range from birth (the carbon footprint of having a child) to death (the carbon impact of cremation). Packed full of surprises — a plastic bag has the smallest footprint of any item listed, while a block of cheese is bad news — the book continuously informs, delights, and engages the reader. Solidly researched and referenced, the easily digestible figures, statistics, charts, and graphs (including a section on the carbon footprint of various foods) will encourage discussion and help people to make up their own minds about their consumer choices.
Author | : Ryan P. Randolph |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2008-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1435801792 |
Earth's changing climate is a critical topic for discussion for people of any age; readers learn to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the impact they have on our global environment, and what can be done to make things better. Strongly Correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, this title offers the opportunity to identify and evaluate reasons and evidence authors give in support of their claimsa vital critical thinking skill.
Author | : Ryan P. Randolph |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2008-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1448836891 |
Earth's changing climate is a critical topic for discussion for people of any age; readers learn to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the impact they have on our global environment, and what can be done to make things better. Strongly Correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, this title offers the opportunity to identify and evaluate reasons and evidence authors give in support of their claimsa vital critical thinking skill.
Author | : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu |
Publisher | : Butterworth-Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2017-09-20 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 012812850X |
Environmental Carbon Footprints: Industrial Case Studies provides a wide range of industrial case-studies, beginning with textiles, energy systems and bio-fuels. Each footprint is associated with background information, scientific consensus and the reason behind its invention, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tool/technique, applications, challenges and limitations. More importantly, applications of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and their associated challenges are presented. As case studies are the most flexible of all research designs, this book allows researchers to retain the holistic characteristics of real-life events while investigating empirical events. Includes case studies from various industries, such as textiles, energy systems and conventional and bio-fuels Provides the calculation tool/technique, applications, challenges and limitations for determining carbon footprints on an industry by industry basis Presents the background information, scientific consensus and reason behind each case study
Author | : Matthew John Franchetti |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2012-06-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439857830 |
The negative impacts of carbon emissions from human activities continue to dramatically reshape the environmental, political, and social landscape. These impacts coupled with cap and trade schemes iterate the importance and need to properly measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies provides up-to-date technical information and practical guidance on measuring and reducing energy and GHG emissions. Presenting a comprehensive framework for carbon management, this book: Provides definitions, concepts, benefits, and background information regarding carbon footprint analyses Discusses the GHG accounting methods Outlines the general systems framework for conducting an audit Features four case studies in higher education, service, and manufacturing organizations The book includes detailed discussions of the concepts and explains how the different concepts fit together. It supplies the necessary background as well as systematic tools and procedures for organizations to measure and reduce their carbon footprints and begin to adapt to a carbon-constrained world.
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Energy conservation |
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Author | : Mark Lynas |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2010-04-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0007372566 |
What effect are you having on the environment? If you buy Kenyan green beans what is the CO2 cost? What about your journey to work, your fridge or your clothes? The Gem Carbon Counter is your portable instant green reckoner.
Author | : Mathis Wackernagel |
Publisher | : New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1998-07-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 086571312X |
Our Ecological Footprint presents an internationally-acclaimed tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations, converting the seemingly complex concepts of carrying capacity, resource-use, waste-disposal and the like into a graphic form that everyone can grasp and use. An excellent handbook for community activists, planners, teachers, students and policy makers.
Author | : Joanna Yarrow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : 9781844836611 |
"How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint is the world citizen's guide to pushing back the advance of global warming. This colorful handbook offers 500 practical, easily achievable ideas that conserve energy, prevent pollution, and save money. Did you know that unplugging appliances and cell phone chargers when not in use can reduce electricity bills by 10 percent? Or that recycling just one glass bottle saves enough power to run a computer for 30 minutes? Whether the subject is jet travel, dish washing, or any of the 50 topics in the book, surprising statistics and innovative graphics will inspire action and demonstrate that simple habits can lead to big results"--Amazon.com
Author | : Carolyn C. Pertsova |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781600219412 |
This new book presents important research in the field of ecological economics which is a trans-disciplinary field of academic research that addresses the dynamic and spatial interdependence between human economies and natural ecosystems. Ecological economics brings together and connects different disciplines, within the natural and social sciences but especially between these broad areas. Ecological economics presents a more pluralistic approach to the study of environmental problems and policy solutions, characterised by systems perspectives, adequate physical and biological contexts, and a focus on long-term environmental sustainability.