What can I change in a week?(week3)

Welcome to our series of “what can I change in a week?” in this text I will mentioned about line drying my clothes. Someone said that how line-drying clothes affect person’s footprint? However, it affect our carbon footprint. Holth(2017)[a1] points out that dryer uses 5 times more electricity than washing, thus, by implementing the traditional method of line-drying clothing we can save 30% of our carbon footprint.

There is dryer in my home I decided to use traditional method rather than dryer to reduce my carbon footprint. I will only use the dryer in an urgent situation.

[a1]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/7-instant-ways-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint_b_59321992e4b00573ab57a383

What I you change in a week?

Through the one week I ate vegetarian food in my launch. This week I have decided to reduce my water usage. Kathryn (2018) said that only about %4 of water on the earth is the suitable for human consumption [a1] which means that if humanity continuous to waste of water, they will face with a high dangerous situation a short time later. How to reduce my water usage?

There are many ways to reduce water usage but this week I will focus on taking shorter showers. If I spend less time in shower, I can save more water. According to Boston University[a2] Sustainability 2 minutes less taking a shower saves 10 gallons water. Thus, do not ignore small step.

[a1]https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/5-ways-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint

[a2]https://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-you-can-do/ten-sustainable-actions/take-shorter-showers/

What I you change in a week?

According to Greeneatz [a1] people who are a meat lover has the highest carbon footprint greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, farming produces nearly %30 of man-made greenhouse gas emission. Thereby, I determined to eat more vegetarian food. In fact, I realized that I can easily carry out my plan because. I eat my launch in AGU’s refectory in which two types of main food served one of them is vegetarian food while the other food mostly contains meat pieces. Unfortunately, I always prefer food contained meat pieces. However, from now on I try to get vegetarian food. Therefore, I could diminish my footprint by a quarter just by cutting down on red meats such as lamb and beef(Greeneatz [a2] ). Moreover, The Seattle Times stated that nature_based solutions can ensure more than %35 of the emission reduction. Do not forget little changes can make a big difference in protection of the environment.

[a1]http://www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html

[a2]http://www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html

Transportation Problem

Transportation system brings many advantages to our lives for instance thanks to it we can free up an amount of our time. However, transportation system burns petroleum. It leads to air pollution. I have decided to reduce my carbon footprint. I am student at AGU in Kayseri. My family lives in Sivas. Thereby, I commute between Sivas and Kayseri at weekend with Train. I prefer travelling with train due to ticket price plus it is more comfortable and enjoyable. However According to Wanderu (2018) [a1] while Buses’ average CO2 emission is 0.17 Ibs/passenger mile, Train’ average CO2 emission is 0.41 Ibs/passenger mile which means that travelling with by bus is more environmentally friendly than train. In fact, when considering other transportation system such as airplane and car – airplane’s CO2 emission is 1.83 Ibs/passenger mile and car’s rate is 1.17 Ibs/passenger mile– Train and bus are more sustainable modes of transportation system than airplane and car. Statics given above show that travelling with airplane rather than bus increases your carbon print by up to 13 times. Until now I try to commute with bus rather than train due to environmental awareness.

Travelling with bus maybe more expensive than train but to conserve environment and ensure a good environment for future generations we should make sacrifices.

[a1]https://www.wanderu.com/blog/most-sustainable-way-to-travel/