Changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption
I can explain ways in which attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption are changing.
Changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption
I can explain ways in which attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption are changing.
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Key learning points
- A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual or activity.
- In some developed countries, there are changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption.
- Environmental concerns, economic interests and education are responsible for changing attitudes.
Keywords
Carbon footprint - the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by an individual, product, process, country, etc
Ecological footprint - the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources
Net zero - balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere with the amount removed from it
Common misconception
Carbon footprints and ecological footprints measure the same thing.
Although carbon footprints and ecological footprints both provide comparable measures of human impacts on the environment, carbon footprints measure greenhouse gas emissions while ecological footprints measure the total demand on Earth’s resources.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
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Assessment exit quiz
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greenhouse gases released by a person or a product
impact based on the resources a person or community uses
balancing emissions with removals from the atmosphere