Environmentally Acticity. Ch.4

The next problem I want to tackle is my excess amount of transportation throughout the week. My carbon footprint is constantly rising with me trying to find new and fun activities as my high school years go on. Instaed of looking locally I usually look outside in the bigger cities such as Kingston and Ottawa. These cities are over an hour away from my home without trafic. I decided that I would try and find new local activities as well as zero emmsions activites to conduct over the next week.

Car Pollution Facts:

The three main forms of pollution are air, ground and water.

Cars are the reason for over half of the carbon monoxide pollution in the air.

Cars are also the contributers of 34% of nitrogen oxide and all volitile organic compounds.

Car pollution negitivley affects humand and plant repiratory systems.

The average carbon dioxide emmsion that is produced per an average vehicle is 4.75 metric tons per year.

The first half of Ch.4 I dedicated to finding activites that were a shorter distance away. I found three destinations that I visited over the course of a week,.

The first destination was the Delta Park. The delta park has a canteen, hiking trails, fishing, biking trails, and a beach. From my house it is a 17 minute drive, 43 minutes less of a drive then to Kingston or to my normal beach I visit which is 2 hours away in Picton.

The second destiation I visited was the opinicon. The opinicon is a local waterfrount resort where you can view the locks, as well as a restaurant, and ice cream shop. This was my furthest visit and it was 30 minutets away.

The third destination was Brockville waterfrount. I visited the Brockville light tunnel, the Brockville boardwalk and the famous red chairs that view the United States. Brockville is only 20 minuetes and fulfills an entire day of activities that I’d usually try and complete in Ottawa which is over an hour away.

What I’ve learnt of this half of Ch.4 is how to find just as amazing and entertaining activities to fill my months within the close proximity of my home. Not only does this reduce my carbon footprint but also supports the communities around me.

Ps. For the purpose of this weeks experiment I chose to do all three in one week. In general Life though I’d spread these activities out across a month.