The Fruit of One’s Curiosity and Discovery Curiosity is the key to discovery. That is a thought that came to my mind when I started viewing the film No Impact Man. The thought stayed with my mind even more when I did my carbon footprint and took the quiz, however, the film resonated to me due to what the family have done to be environmental friendly, and where they did their experiment. The easing in to the green way of life to where the process started to have hurdles for the main characters showed that one can overcome anything.
The film No Impact Man is a documentary about a family of three, Colin, Michelle, and their young daughter Isabella who are going to partake an experiment where they are going to live a lifestyle that will not have …show more content…
In the next stage of my project I wanted to see how much my household impacted the environment. As posted on my carbon footprint, the total results stated that in total my family emits 58.3 tons of carbon dioxide per year. My carbon footprint is based on the accumulation of what my family in the household uses, a household of four, on transportation, energy, food and other forms of shopping. The results states that my household holds a positive impact to our environment with a 25% better performance than the households in my area. I was expecting that the impact would be average but I turned out impressed with the …show more content…
The Beavan family not only took on a challenge that not only benefits their lives, but an example to the many viewers. At first they had doubts if this will work, having people questioning that if they are insane on some of their practices like the nonuse of toilet paper, and what is the right way to eat. The hidden gem of family bonding and finally being recognized as a pretty good experience for one to try. My carbon footprint experience was pretty fun and the final results of my quiz made me feel great that I am also contributing in a positive way to the environment. I ended up scoring a 52 which is a borderline pine to oak level where I can do much better and start showing my fellow peers on how to better help the environment. I grew up learning the best way to be somewhat close to the experiment in the documentary, don’t get me wrong, I will not completely copy what Colin did, but I will continue to steady the path with some of the tricks I learned from the
The film No Impact Man is a documentary about a family of three, Colin, Michelle, and their young daughter Isabella who are going to partake an experiment where they are going to live a lifestyle that will not have …show more content…
In the next stage of my project I wanted to see how much my household impacted the environment. As posted on my carbon footprint, the total results stated that in total my family emits 58.3 tons of carbon dioxide per year. My carbon footprint is based on the accumulation of what my family in the household uses, a household of four, on transportation, energy, food and other forms of shopping. The results states that my household holds a positive impact to our environment with a 25% better performance than the households in my area. I was expecting that the impact would be average but I turned out impressed with the …show more content…
The Beavan family not only took on a challenge that not only benefits their lives, but an example to the many viewers. At first they had doubts if this will work, having people questioning that if they are insane on some of their practices like the nonuse of toilet paper, and what is the right way to eat. The hidden gem of family bonding and finally being recognized as a pretty good experience for one to try. My carbon footprint experience was pretty fun and the final results of my quiz made me feel great that I am also contributing in a positive way to the environment. I ended up scoring a 52 which is a borderline pine to oak level where I can do much better and start showing my fellow peers on how to better help the environment. I grew up learning the best way to be somewhat close to the experiment in the documentary, don’t get me wrong, I will not completely copy what Colin did, but I will continue to steady the path with some of the tricks I learned from the