Page 6 - Eco-School Newsletter Summer-One-English

Shared Cars

Car sharing is a way of travelling more
sustainably. This could mean sharing the

journey with other people or sharing the
vehicle with a wider community through

local schemes.

Cars use a lot of energy before they even

make it to the open road, an SUV consumes
five times more to manufacture than a

small car does! This sort of footprint is
known as embodied emissions.

Private Car

When using a private car, it often means

fuel is being used to transport very
few people. Though there are greener

opportunities with the development
of electric cars, travelling via public

transport or active travel is a better
option for the environment.

Plane

The last resort for travel should be by the We might think that getting on a plane

fossil fuel dependent aeroplane. Planes is something nearly everyone does

consume lots of energy to function and but, nearly nine in every ten people
produce very high levels of greenhouse worldwide, mostly in lower income

gasses. countries, have never
flown or contributed

to the emissions!