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 ==== ecological footprint[s] ==== ==== ecological footprint[s] ====
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 +==== the cheeseburger footprint ====
 +"So as an exercise, let's examine the carbon footprint of something commonplace -- a cheeseburger. There's a good chance you've eaten one this week, perhaps even today. What was its greenhouse gas impact? Do you have any idea? This is the kind of question we'll be forced to ask more often as we pay greater attention to our individual greenhouse gas emissions."  http://openthefuture.com/cheeseburger_CF.html
  
  
 ==== offsets, calculators and questions ==== ==== offsets, calculators and questions ====
- +  * "Offsets Done Right" by Alex Steffen at Worldchanging > http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//007943.html
   * zerofootprint > http://0footprint.org/   * zerofootprint > http://0footprint.org/
   * http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/offset_calc.htm   * http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/offset_calc.htm
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   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics
   * http://www.davosclimatealliance.org/footprint/methodology.php   * http://www.davosclimatealliance.org/footprint/methodology.php
-  * J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and H. Verbruggen (1999), Spatial sustainability, trade and indicators: an evaluation of the ‚Äòecological footprint‚Äô, Ecological Economics, Vol. 29(1): 63-74. 
   * http://www.nativeenergy.com/ calculators and offset programs   * http://www.nativeenergy.com/ calculators and offset programs
-  * http://www.co2balance.com calculators and offset programs. rail calculator only works for UK stations. estimated carbon emissions for air travel were much lower than nativeenergy (0.19tonnes vs 0.37 for berlin-bxl return).+ 
 +J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and H. Verbruggen (1999), Spatial sustainability, trade and indicators: an evaluation of the "ecological footprint", Ecological Economics, Vol. 29(1): 63-74. 
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 +  * http://www.co2balance.com calculators and offset programs. rail calculator only works for UK stations. estimated carbon emissions for air travel were much lower than nativeenergy (0.19 tonnes vs 0.37 for berlin-bxl return).
   * http://www.offsetters.com air travel emission calculator. even lower estimate than co2balance (0.164tonnes vs berlin-bxl return)   * http://www.offsetters.com air travel emission calculator. even lower estimate than co2balance (0.164tonnes vs berlin-bxl return)
   * http://www.global-cool.com/   * http://www.global-cool.com/
-  * The report published by the nonprofit group Clean Air-Cool Planet (CACP) is the first independent review of retail carbon offset providers according to the CACP. > http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf + 
-  * survey of different providers with a summary of offset methods and pricing: http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm +The report published by the nonprofit group Clean Air-Cool Planet (CACP) is the first independent review of retail carbon offset providers according to the CACP. > http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf 
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 retail offset providers (from the CACP report), for discussion see > http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005497.html retail offset providers (from the CACP report), for discussion see > http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005497.html
   * agcert/driving green (ie)   * agcert/driving green (ie)
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   * native energy (us)   * native energy (us)
   * sustainable travel/my climate (us)   * sustainable travel/my climate (us)
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 +survey of different providers with a summary of offset methods and pricing: http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm
  
 guilt and redemption, from http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/10/19/selling-indulgences/ guilt and redemption, from http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/10/19/selling-indulgences/
   * "Just as in the 15th and 16th centuries you could sleep with your sister and kill and lie without fear of eternal damnation, today you can live exactly as you please as long as you give your ducats to one of the companies selling indulgences. It is pernicious and destructive nonsense." -- George Monbiot   * "Just as in the 15th and 16th centuries you could sleep with your sister and kill and lie without fear of eternal damnation, today you can live exactly as you please as long as you give your ducats to one of the companies selling indulgences. It is pernicious and destructive nonsense." -- George Monbiot
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 +"Am I saving the planet, or am I a sucker?" Are Offsets a scam? http://icanhashappy.blogspot.com/2007/09/on-carbon-neutrality.html 
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 +Avoiding Mass Extinction (Events) with AMEE > http://www.amee.cc/ 
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 +"To understand the subtleties and difficulties in ecological footprinting, think of accounting.[...] How hard can accounting really be? How can any grey areas exist in an activity as seemingly concrete and dry as counting beans? But grey areas abound, and the task of accounting for nature's resources as well as their depletion from human demand is, to use the colloquial, a doozy. How can one compare the value of a single fish to that of a bushel of corn or a California redwood? How does that relationship change from the exhaust pouring out of your car or the dishwater circling your drain?" http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006904.html
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 +==== . ..various footprints ====
 +   * 6.8 grams of CO<sub>2</sub> equiv. per google search >> http://blogs.sun.com/rolfk/entry/your_co2_footprint_when_using
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