Thursday 7 April 2011

Carbon footprint 

The name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint. A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions ".Greenhouse gases can be emitted through transport, land clearance, and the production and consumption of food, fuels, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, and services. This is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide realised into the air.


Fair Trade
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability.
 
Over the worlds prices on objects would have got higher so the money that has been added to these objects would be to fair trade. Some of these objects are handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate, flowers and gold.