Greenhouse Emission
Annual methane emissions from permafrost melt is now equal to the entire annual emissions of the United States of America.
The Greenhouse Neutral Foundation is not driven to place hard and fast figures on emissions generated by our individual 21st century activities. Its goal is more to question how we might collectively mitigate our own full environmental footprint. Understanding that every action, activity or purchase we make has a corresponding emission factor is enough to give us the power to change those ‘living as usual’ or ‘business as usual’ activities and in so doing, to reduce our own overall environmental impact.
Much good work has been done to qualify how much CO2 in global pollution is caused by specific actions, however the Foundation believes this may often miss the mark and certainly misses the point.
It may in fact divert us from the action we need.
That action is to reduce our overall detrimental environmental impact where ever, and when ever possible. Making the daily choices that add to the collective reductions generated from our daily activities.
As discussed in ‘ZERO Greenhouse emissions – the day the lights went out’ questions need be asked of any stated generalised emissions data, to determine what was included and what was not.
Often they overlook externalised emissions that by any application of logic should be included in the total fully costed environmental footprint of any given activity, service or product.
The Foundation suggests that where ever you are at this very second you are contributing to emissions, how much is irrelevant.
How can we reduce it is the goal and the question.
