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Key Findings and Grades - Going Green
FAST FACTS
Individual Carbon Footprints
Individuals are directly responsible for about 30 per cent of B.C.’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly through vehicles. That’s about five tonnes per person, per year. GHGs are produced when fossil fuels are burned, releasing the carbon dioxide and methane in the air that leads to climate change.
Source: www.livesmartbc.ca
GHGs per B.C. Household
Source: www.livesmartbc.ca
Bees and Food
Bees are important to our biodiversity. Last winter, B.C. lost 23% of its honeybee population. Their loss threatens Canada’s $5 billion fruit and crop industry. About 30% of the food supply depends on pollinators like bees.
Source: Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturalists
YOUTH IN ACTION
Bee Green
Students from two Vancouver high schools have been busy, building bee “condos” in woodworking class and caring for them in our parks. The program is called Park Pollinators’ Paradise, and it’s a brainchild of the Environmental Youth Alliance that aims to raise awareness about the vital role pollinators play in the ecosystem, and in the food we eat.