Carbon footprint calculator

Confronting a reality of the situation.

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This calculator is designed with reference to a PEI audience, and may vary from true results. Instead of being completely accurate, the point of this is to feel one's impact in a controlled and safe environment.

# Food

Often overlooked as a major contributor to one's carbon footprint!

#### Which best describes your diet? (3)

select the option that most describes your diet

Vegan - no animal products whatsoever
Vegetarian - vegetables and other animal products
Meat rarely - meat once a week
Meat often - meat three times a week
Meat always - meat every day

# Transport

Transportation accounts for approx. 22% of Canada's Greenhouse Gas emissions! (2)

#### How many kilometers do you travel in a car per week? (4)

relative estimations will do!

500km

#### How often do you carpool?

carpool meaning at least 1 other person in the car with you

50%

#### How many kilometers do you travel by public transit per week? (5)

given PEI's transit infrastructure, this is only considering busses

500km

#### How many hours do you commercially fly per year? (6)

try to keep this as accurate as possible, airplane travel is a large source of carbon emissions

10hrs

# Energy

While energy emissions are decreasing in Canada, the amount of energy Canada is producing is increasing vastly.

#### What is your average energy usage per month? (7)

if unknown, 1500-2000 kWh per month is a decent estimate for a house. my personal maxes out at 900, but I live in an apartment with electric heating.

1500kWh

# Home

Goods and services purchases result in the highest indirect GHG emissions from households!

#### How many people live in your household? (8)

if more then 10 people live in your house, leave it at 10 people on the bar

4 individual(s)

#### How is your home heated? (8)

most likely natural gas

Natural gas
Electric
Oil
Propane

#### How many trash bags does your household use per week? (11)

not-so-fun fact: canada is in the top 10 for waste pollution globally (1)

4 bags

#### How would you describe your personal water usage? (9, 10)

select the option that most describes your water usage

Significantly above average usage
Above average usage
Average usage
Below average usage
Significantly below average usage

#### How would you describe your living space? (8)

if none of these match your living space, choose the one that matches closest in size (calculations are guesstimated extremely here, may be slightly inaccurate)

Apartment
Townhouse
Two-storey house
Recently built house
Above average sized house
Bungalow
Mansion/Manor
Unconventional (trailer, mobile home, etc.)

# Results

Contextualizing this, Canada's footprint is 14,350 kg/yr per capita (including industry, corportations, etc.) (12). Per 2030 climate goals, this number should be close to 2300 kg/yr per capita (13). Anxiety inducing!