Blog # 5

Carbon foot print

Carbon foot print is a measurement that rate the amount of gases or co2 we produce in the daily basics in all the human activities. It is  relates to the concept of sustainability with a clear path because this concept  refers to the balance that should exist between the benefits that we get from the mother nature and the damage that the modern life style, especially in US is doing to this balance.  We already know that the damage is done, but I thing that many of us still don’t realize the consequence of it and don’t  worry about how to stop it.

I’m the head of a family of 5 and I evaluate my foot print  for my household because in my case my decisions about it, involve a family tread.  After I evaluate my score, I discover that is not that bad if I compare with the average of the US which is really high, I score 48 vs 130, and if I try with the life style of my country probably my score it will be even lower, because somehow in this country I learn the good but also the bad is very easy to catch as well. And I have to be honest most of the items that give me a good score is not for my conscious of ecology, is for my conscious of economy   because we live in a society where the waist of money is a culture and the laziness is encourage, and I guess from some point of view that is part of the carbon foot print as well.

In my side I will try to encourage myself and my family separate the trash and disposed in the proper way.