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Carbon footprints express the amount of energy we use daily
Footprints left in the sand disappear in time, but carbon footprints accumulate in daily life; there’s no natural force like the ocean to wipe away our car emissions, or energy wastefulness, unless we take responsible steps and be that force. Our individual carbon footprints are as unique as our own footprints, but unlike our footprints we can increase the amount of our carbon footprints by our energy consumption patterns. The fact that we create these carbon footprints is not a crime against nature, or self-created manifestations we should be ashamed of; creating carbon footprints is normal and is for the most part unavoidable.Carbon footprints are an expression of the amount of energy we consume, as we travel though linear time. We all have heard what carbon footprints can do to the environment and our health, but even those warnings don’t seem to faze people who believe the world is a disconnected reality with no purpose or meaning. There’s no easy way to change people’s beliefs, unless they want to change, but what we can do is develop a life style based on carbon neutrality and that lifestyle will set an example, so others can relate and connect to that thinking process. If we can freeze the amount of our individual carbon emissions, we can impact collective carbon emissions. If our goal at this point in time is to not increase, but stabilize our individual emissions, we are taking the first noble step towards carbon neutrality.
So what is carbon neutrality?
Carbon neutrality is based on the assumption that we all have a right to emit a certain amount of Co2 into the atmosphere according to the accepted beliefs about the need to use energy in any form. That right can be considered a carbon allowance, but that right still impacts the environment in some way. In order to appreciate that right, and create carbon neutrality, we need to offset the amount of carbon we are physically adding to our environment by establishing a green mentality and lifestyle.
Recycling is a natural green act and another noble step. Our body recycles itself naturally, so we do have an innate ability to express recycling in our daily activities. It’s not just our garbage that is recycle worthy, our essential necessities like cell phones, iPods, computers, and ink cartridges, as well as any product that can be reused in some form, is a prime candidate for recycling . Recycling is only limited by our own creativity, and each item we recycle adds points to our carbon neutrality. Buying products and services that donate part of their profits to help reduce Co2 emissions is an excellent way and another step to neutralizing our carbon footprints.
Planting trees or helping to sustain forest management, are noble steps and fantastic ways to neutralize our carbon footprints. Trees are exceptional Co2 transformers; they convert Co2 into oxygen. If we really want to make an impact on our carbon footprints, we should use wind power for electricity or invest in algae farms, as well as solar power, hydrogen generators, wind kites that produce electricity, ocean power projects and biological pest control.
When we look around us and see an almost endless amount of noble steps, we realize the answer to stabilizing and actually reducing our carbon footprints is within us. Suddenly we begin to wake up and become aware and feel, as well as see, the beauty of carbon neutrality.
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