Greenhouse gases are emitted through the production and consumption of goods and services.
● Carbon footprint is a concept used to quantify the impact of an activity, a person or a country on climate change.
● Carbon footprint is a concept used to quantify the impact of an activity, a person or a country on climate change.
How to limit your carbon footprint?
FOOD
● Consume local and seasonal
products (forget strawberries in
winter)
● Limit meat consumption,
especially beef
● Select fish from sustainable fishing
● Bring reusable shopping bags and
avoid products with excessive
plastic packaging
● Make sure to buy only what you
need, to avoid waste
Clothing
● Take good care of your clothes
● Try swapping, borrowing,
renting or buying second-hand
● Buy responsibly-made clothes,
e.g. made from recycled
material or with an eco-label
Transport
● Cycle or use public
transport
● Be smart about when and
how you drive
● Try the train for your next
holiday
Energy and waste
● Turn down the heating by 1°, it will
already make a difference
● Take short showers
● Turn off the water while you brush your
teeth or clean the dishes
● Unplug your electronic equipment and
don’t leave your phone on charge when
the battery is already full
● Don’t store unnecessary data in the
cloud (learn more about your digital
footprint!)