The Ottawa Citizen: Patrick Dare
A new Internet site will help Ottawa residents calculate their carbon footprints and see how adjustments in their lifestyles can lighten their effect on the environment.
The City of Ottawa has joined Zerofootprint, a Toronto-based organization, to give residents the Internet tool that allows them to calculate their own environmental impact, compare it to others and see how the city is doing as a whole.
Residents can go to ottawa.zerofootprint.net and, using their e-mail addresses, create personal accounts to calculate their carbon emissions.
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