This activity will encourage students to start measuring their carbon footprint with the view that this will persuade them to make a conscious effort to reduce their carbon footprint in future. Requirements: Keep track of your expenses on each item shown on the calculator for a week. Identify other material expenses that you may have that was not considered during the week (e.g. travel expense, rent expense, etc.) Annualised your […]

Choose 2 of the 4 online carbon calculators listed below and calculate your personal carbon footprint on Earth. Note that first two listed are good for both US and international locations. http://footprint.stanford.edu/index.html (Links to an external site.) http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx (Links to an external site.) http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator (Links to an external site.) http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/ind-calculator.html (Links to an external site.) Then: (1) Download/save (print screen and save as pdf or image file) your result and […]

Leadership and Influencing skills: Chevening is looking for individuals that will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer. (word count: 275)

Research paper on the Marcellus Shale. Your research should answer the following questions: 1) What is shale? 2) When and how did the Marcellus shale form? 3) Why does the Marcellus shale contain natural gas? 4) What is hydrofracking? 5) What are the environmental impacts of gas extraction? 6) Is hydrofracking legal in New York—why or why not? 7) Do you think New York’s law regarding hydrofracking is good or […]