The environmental benefits of green transportation choices

Some of the typical examples of alternative transportation include: walking, biking, taking public transit and carpooling.

Green House Gases

Let’s start with a briefly explanation of the importance of why need to decrease our greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse gases are produced during the burning of fossil fuels, which includes coal, oil, and natural gas. As more greenhouse gases are produced, they prevent heat energy from the sun from leaving the atmosphere. This results in an overall warming effect that we know as climate change.

This is an issue that will affect us all. Canada, and Waterloo Region, have made commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and so it is important as a community to come together and try to achieve them!

In switching your mode of transportation from a personal car to any of the aforementioned options, you are actively decreasing your carbon footprint and contributing less to overall greenhouse gas emissions. While this may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, it isn’t and it should not be undermined!

This is the first post in a short series that is going to have a number of different alternatives to driving your own gas powered car alone. Keep following along to learn more about simple changes in your lifestyle that can have a big impact for the Waterloo Region, as well as, Canada!