Carbon Calculator

The Solutions Group’s Carbon Calculator

Calculating your carbon footprint is an excellent way to measure and understand your personal impact on climate change.  The Solutions Group has devised a Quick Calculator based on data from AmerenCILCO and from the book Low Carbon Diet:  A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds by David Gershon.  Use the Quick Calculator to see how much CO2 and money can be saved by performing some basic actions.

You can download and print the document below.

• Word format:  GWSG Carbon Calculator DOC
• PDF format:  GWSG Carbon Calculator PDF

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Other Carbon Calculators

For a more detailed look at your carbon footprint, there are several calculators online that ask questions that cover topics like driving habits, home energy usage, and even waste.  Once completed, you are typically given a score that you can compare to the national and local numbers.  Along the way, you will see what steps you can take to begin to reduce your impact on the environment and reduce the overall effects of global warming.  Don’t worry, you won’t be asked for any personal information.  Check out any of the following web sites:

• Climate Crisis – The companion website to Al Gore’s award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth – www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/
• Earthlab Foundation (nonprofit) –  www.earthlab.com/carbonprofile
• Environmental Defense Fund (nonprofit) – a national nonprofit focusing on solutions to the most serious environmental challenges – www.fightglobalwarming.com/carboncalculator.cf
• US Environmental Protection Agengy (government)  www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.htm
• ZeroFootprint (nonprofit) – “founded in 2005, with the aim of using technology to engage communities around climate change” –  http://www.zerofootprint.net/products/one-minute-calculator
• Berkeley Institute of the Environment (Educational) – http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu
• BP (Commercial) – http://www.bp.com – Click on “Environment and Society,” then “Maps, reports and tools”)
• Global Footprint Network (nonprofit/educational) – http://footprintnetwork.org/calculator.
• Low Impact Living (commercial) – http://lowimpactliving.com (click on “impact calculator”)
• Nature Conservancy (nonprofit/educational but sells offsets too) – http://nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator
• Redefining Progress (nonprofit/educational) – http://myfootpring.org
• Terrapass (commercial/sells offsets) – http://www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/