Carbon Footprint of Saudi Arabia by Kailey Plum https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6 By: Ella H. and Kailey P. en-us 2016-01-25 21:08:41 UTC 2023-02-10 23:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/smiley.jpg What is a carbon footprint? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91101808 The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

~Ella

]]> 2016-01-25 21:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91101808 What is your country's main source of energy to use in homes? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91101946 Saudi Arabia burns oil for heat in there homes. ~Kailey

]]> 2016-01-25 21:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91101946 What are the main contributions to the country’s carbon footprint? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102120 One way Saudi Arabia keeps cool is burning oil. This releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere ~Kailey

]]> 2016-01-25 21:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102120 How do citizens get around in your country? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102205 Citizens can ride the train, in a car, in an airplane, and on a boat.

~Ella

]]> 2016-01-25 21:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102205 Are there recycling programs in your country? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102260 In Saudi Arabia, the Jubail Indistrial City project has 50 contact sites that have avoided 8,000 tons of waste by recycling and reusing. They recycled or reused, 198 tons of wood panneling, 15 tons of cardboard, 481 tons scrap metal, 87 tons oil, 5 tons plastic, and 7,000 tons of demolished asphalt & other granular wastes ~Kailey

]]> 2016-01-25 21:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102260 What are your country’s biggest imports or exports? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102327 Saudi Arabia's big exports are different forms of petroluem. The imports consist of cars, gold, delivery trucks, and packaged medicaments. -Kailey

]]> 2016-01-25 21:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102327 Does your country have any natural resources? 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102357 Saudi Arabia has several oil mines ~Ella

]]> 2016-01-25 21:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102357 What is the population of your country?  3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102394 Last recorded population according to tradingeconomics.com was in 2014. The population in 1960 was 4 million people. This shows that the population over 40 years changed 662%. ~Kailey

]]> 2016-01-25 21:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91102394 What is the countey doing to reduce the carbon footprint? 3013762 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91348239 Saudi Arabia believes that if they reduce their use of green house gasses their carbon footprint will go significantly down.  

~Ella

]]> 2016-01-26 20:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91348239 This is the Saudi Arabian map. 3005398 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91349231 ~Ella

]]> 2016-01-26 20:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91349231 This is the Saudi Arabian flag. 3013762 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91350086 ~Kailey

]]> 2016-01-26 20:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91350086 How does your country eliminate their waste? 3013762 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91533096 Saudi Arabia romoves wastes by landfills and dumpsites. ~Ella

]]> 2016-01-27 17:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91533096 Sorces 3013762 https://padlet.com/3013762/x45mfwcbh6s6/wish/91604735 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/saudi-arabia/population

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sa.html

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/sau/

https://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/transportation_and_communication/

http://www.ecomena.org/solid-waste-management-in-saudi-arabia/

https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/public/Research/Energy,%20Environment%20and%20Development/1211pr_lahn_stevens.pdf

And google!!!! :)

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