About
Carbon Footprint
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Carbon
footprint is the impact that something has on climate change and global
warming. That something could be an activity, a lifestyle, a company etc.
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In
the United States the textiles industry has the 5th largest C02
emissions, this is because of the high dependency for high fashion in the world
we live in. The higher the dependency gets, the higher the carbon emission
become.
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The
textiles industry produced 60 billion kilograms of textile each year, this
equates to 6.9 trillion litres of water used and 1074 billion KWh of
electricity used. The industry is very wasteful of the world’s resources and
many companies are not doing anything about this and are therefore not helping
lead the world in a sustainable direction.
This video
on this page highlights some of the key facts on carbon emissions and climate
change……
UK
emissions and the government
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This
video highlights that the government are being misleading with the information they
give us. Although UK carbon emissions have decreased, we live in a global world
and are heavily reliant on imports from other countries.
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We
are so concerned about making our country look good that we are forgetting to
take any responsibility for our emissions outside the UK. Over the past 20
years UK emissions have dropped but our overall emissions have increased by 20%.
So, although we feel like we’re making a change for the better we are actually
having a negative impact on the planet.
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As
we live in a world run by consumerism it is becoming increasingly difficult to
reduce our impact, as the demand for more and more stuff gets higher so does
our carbon emissions. The government have not faced the fact that we cannot
live the lives we live today while making a positive impact on the planet. It
is time to change, but will it actually ever happen?
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