Tres Madres Inteligentes

Tara 123456 Erica 2345678 ReAnne 3456789

May 25, 2011

Super Outstanding Oh Yeah!

Table of Contents

Introduction / Executive Summary

1-4 All About our Families

5 San Francisco Bay Area Emissions

6 California Emissions

7 US Emissions

8 – 11 World Emissions

12 Comparison

13 – 14 Proposal for Change

15 Summary

16 References

It’s All About FamiliesWe are all in our thirties, working

single mom’s with dependant

children while pursuing higher

education.

The three of us are Students,

Parents, & Employee’s we drive a

lot!!!!

We cook, maintain our homes, &

family activities (vacations, sports,

commuting, & more),

If we want it we have to have it now!

We do try and recycle however

purchasing recycled products can

be costly.

Ultimately we depend on cheap and

convenient.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Energy

Our average electrical usage is 6,828 Kwh annually

Our average natural gas usage is 360 Therms annually

Transportation

Our average mileage annually is 20,532 miles

Water

Our annual average usage is 157,224 gallons per household

For cooking, watering our gardens, drinking, bathing and normal daily activities

Our Carbon Footprint Contribution

calculator Home Average Trans-

portation

Average

PG&E 3.308 3.878 5.360 4.15 19.033 7.333 3.737 10.02

Yahoo

Green

3.6 4.7 10.6 6.3 13.5 8.0 5.7 9.07

Carbon

Footprint

0.03 0.07 0.10 .07 10.61 8.24 3.86 7.57

US

Environ-

mental

Protection

Agency

4.084 2.042 2.042 2.72 20.033 7.719 3.934 10.56

Terrapass 5.342 3.56 10.106 6.34 17.135 8.323 4.132 9.86

Cool

Climate

Network

7.5 7.5 8 7.66 11 16 13 13.33

Tara Erica Raeann Tara Erica Raeann

www.pge.com/myhome/environment/calculator/

www.green.yahoo.com/living-green

www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator/aspx

www.epa.gov/climaterchange.emissions/ind_calculator.html

www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/

http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/uscalc

Total population for

these 9 counties is

7,116,481

With a total carbon

footprint of 35.81 mil

tons

Average 5.032 tons

of C02 per capita in

the San Francisco

Bay Area

California's Carbon Footprint Score:

#46

California's Carbon Emissions Score:

#2

California Percentage of Population

that Carpool 13%

California State Hybrid Vehicle

Ownership Ranking #1

The United States of America

The US ranks first in carbon dioxide emissions

according to the World Resources Institute, five

countries (the US, China, Russia, Japan, and India)

contribute more than 50% of the worlds total carbon

dioxide emissions. The US ranks first contributing 22%

of the total.

CO2 Emissions most

recent by country by

thousand metric tons

# 1 United

States:5,762,050

# 2 China: 3,473,600

# 3 Russia: 1,540,360

# 4 Japan: 1,224,740

# 5 India: 1,007,980

# 6 Germany: 837,425

# 7 United

Kingdom:558,225

# 8 Canada: 521,404

# 9 Italy: 446,596

# 10 Mexico: 385,075

Proposal for Change

On a National Scale

Eat less meat

Use a tank less water heater

Replace inefficient heating

systems with energy star heaters

Replace windows with double or

triple pane

Put weather stripping around

doors and windows

Install a programmable

thermostat

Invest in a pellet stove

Go solar

Maintain your vehicle, it creates

less carbon emissions when

working efficiently

Carpool

Ride a bike to school and/or work

Proposal for Change

What can we do?

Ride bikes with our families instead of

driving

Use a clothes line to dry our clothes

Change appliances to energy star

appliances and donate the old ones to

needy families

Buy a water filter instead of bottles water

Go digital . . . For example e-books

Do your grocery shopping in a single trip

Don’t rinse dishes before loading the

dishwasher

Install dual flush toilets

Replace showerheads with low flow

fixture

Collect rain water for watering your

garden

Summary

Carbon emissions to global

warming and are caused by the

burning of fossil fuels. They create

the largest percentage of the

greenhouse effect.

The US ranks first in carbon

dioxide emissions according to the

World Resources Institute, five

countries (the US, China, Russia,

Japan, and India) contribute more

than 50% of the worlds total

carbon dioxide emissions. The US

ranks first contributing 22% of the

total.

With proper education and

implementation of reducing carbon

emission we can decrease our

carbon footprint.

Websites and Research Cited

References

http://answers.askkids.com/Nature/what_are_carbon_emissions

http://rankingamerica.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/chart-of-c02-emissionsxls.jpg

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06081.html

http://www.eia.gov/state/state-energy-profiles-data.cfm?sid=CA

http://www.eredux.com/states/transportation.php?id=1111&state=CALIFORNIA

http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=li

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06081.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi-environment-co2-emissions