Journey of Fortune Cookies - 1/3/17



Summary: Air pollution can be caused by many things and harms the environment in many ways. One of the biggest ways we pollute is through the carbon footprint when buying goods. Goods are transported through vehicles such as planes, cargo ships, trains, and most commonly, trucks. When you order things online or even buy them in store, they most likely come from out of the continent depending on the item. This is a big problem since planes emit 0.8 g of CO2 per mile, the most of any transportation. One way we can reduce these emissions is stores can buy in bulk, which gets them more product for less money, and less transportation is needed. or the consumer can buy things locally. This helps because if you check the "made in" tag or you purchase at things like farmer markets, it saves the atmosphere a lot of CO2.

S&EP - Using Models: I used models when my group and I created a map to show the journey it took to create our fortune cookies. The map shows how different components of the fortune cookies traveled all around the world through retailers, manufacturers, and warehouses to get to the school for Charity Fair. Our map helped us calculate how much carbon footprint our product had.  Using this map I will be able to explain how much CO2 was released by making our product, as well as ways to reduce like purchasing locally.

XCC - Cause & Effect: I noticed a cause and effect relationship this week when viewing where our products came from. I noticed that when you buy food items that can't be in a truck for a long time, fruit for example, it will come from a place closer to the retailer you are buying it from. However if it is a food item that can stay a long time unrefrigerated, salt for example, it may come from father away. But the biggest example is when you buy non-food items, like our paper and boxes, they will come from out of the continent. These are some cause and effects I noticed.

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