What is a Carbon Footprint?

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A representation of the effect human activities have on the climate in terms of the total amount of greenhouse gases produced (measured in units ...

A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels. A carbon footprint is often expressed as tons of carbon dioxide or tons of carbon emitted, usually on an annual basis.

A measure in units of carbon dioxide of the amount of greenhouse gases we emit directly and indirectly through our daily actions.

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) each person produces or uses.

A carbon footprint is a "measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced ...

For you, I would hide my tears

I would even pretend to smile

Cause for me you are always in a light which is lime

You may not be perfect

You may not be all that you would have wished to be

But I know, you are the only one who is perfect for me 

I keep dreaming to be with you all night and day

Cause you are the one who makes me feel all happy and gay

These words may not be enough to describe what I really feel for you

And somehow deep down inside, I know you feel the same to!

(I wrote this on a scrap of paper I tore out of a puzzle book in which I was writing. I happened to glance out of the window of the plane and saw a beautiful portrait of nature at her most stunning.)

High in the sky between Singapore and Darwin – crossing the Indian Ocean in a Jumbo 777.

He waits, his slovenly clothed body blending into the shadows. It had been a long time – too long, the peelers had nearly got him last time but he was too quick for the bastards though he’d had to move on, too risky to hang around. This place should be ok, he’d remembered it from years ago – it hadn’t changed – still a shit place, just what he liked. Ears pricked as he heard footsteps.

Freedom is what imprisons us.

We hear a lot about freedom.
I believe it does not exist, at least, on this side of the pond and this is why?

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Among the modest amount of information revealed at the CIA's new Science and Technology museum, according to a December Associated Press story, is that early versions of a tiny spy camera mounted to the back of a pigeon nonetheless failed because they were too heavy, forcing the pigeon in one test "to walk home." [Las Vegas Sun-AP, 12-26-03]

I've just raturned from On Campus at Macquarie University, in Sydney. What a marvellous two days I spent in the classroom with my fellow students. The unit we are studying is, Creativity,the Arts and Childhood. I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the lessons, the social aspect and the sheer wonderment of the diversity amongst all of the students and the knowledge of the Lecturers.