CARBON FOOT PRINT

Carbon Footprint

[Name of the supervisor]

Carbon Footprint

The thing that I would love to change is when I using any types of electricity (including heating, lighting , hot water use, ventilation, cooling, laundry applicants, lighting and home electronics) because the generation of the electrical power have emitted a certain amount of CO2. For example, I use to heat my house to keep it warm particularly in winter term most of the day, this type of habit make the electricity generate CO2.

Pederson & Broegaard in 1997 found that feedback for motivating electricity conservation is a quite complex task where personal values, attitudes and social norms regarding environmental behavior play a minor role only compared to structural conditions, such as home size and family size. In other words: green attitudes and electricity consumption are not closely related (Pederson & Broegaard in 1997). One of the reasons for this is the invisible nature of electricity consumption, which places it out of focus of its users. Additionally, a pronounced reduction in electricity consumption may compromise comfort in the everyday life and may have a disturbing effect on daily routines (Pederson & Broegaard in 1997). Kuehn in 1999 mentioned that electricity consumption is a direct or indirect consequence of other fields of consumption. This and the invisible nature of electricity, means that its consumption is often an un-reflected part of everyday life (Kuehn 1999).

Social or cultural contexts

In a busy day, hanging clothes simply takes too long. Using the dryer after washing the clothes being a usual habit, because many not willing to let their clothes wet and do not want to tack some responsibility that might be due to lack of cultural and social awareness.

Browne et al in 2007 diagnosis is that other variables besides attitude influence behaviour. People's behavior may follow social and cultural conditioning, or there may be barriers to certain behaviours (time, cost and so on) that may prevent people from carrying out behaviours that are aligned with their attitudes (Browne et al 2007). Similarly, attitudes that are expressed may be coloured by social desirability a propensity to comply with the norms for responses that reflect positively on the individual. There are also psychological mechanisms (such as cognitive dissonance) that may play a role in the attitude behaviour disconnect (Browne et al 2007).

Practical and social (systemic) barriers

Practical and social barriers is really important to overcome this barriers as I'm one of the consumers that not encourage to apply any practical for reducing the carbon footprint through practical household actions which is important to reduce carbon footprint. Applying a practical and social step for householders will benefit of reducing the carbon mission. For example, the campaign provides Queenslanders with a web-based carbon calculator and advice, supported by coordinated media campaigns and regional forums. Queensland Government initiatives have been specifi cally targeted at helping householders to overcome recognised barriers to action and meet the Toward Q2 target of reducing Queenslanders' carbon footprint by one third by 2020.

The Queensland Government is taking ...