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Use the concepts below to apply your understanding of soil health and carbon to your community and neighborhood. Complete a survey of your community’s development and natural spaces, and examine the activities and technology that impact soil health and carbon levels there.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual Student Guide\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t Estimate the percentage (%) of your community’s land that is covered by each:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Homes, streets, parking lots, businesses, factories, and industrial farms<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Landscaped parks, gardens, trees and shrubs along road and sidewalks, grasslands, forests, beaches, and lakesides<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Dirt roads, eroded areas, vacant dirt lots, construction sites, and unplanted fields<\/p>\n\t Carbon levels in the atmosphere can be affected by non-soil-based actions as well as soil-based actions. Non-soil-based actions that release carbon into the atmosphere include factory emissions, fires, lawnmowers, and gas-fueled transportation. Non-soil-based actions that decrease or prevent carbon emissions include bikes, gas fireplaces, and certain types of public transportation. On this Quest and in this survey, we are focused only on the soil, atmosphere, and carbon connection. As you survey your community and neighborhood, describe only actions and technology that are soil-based.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\t\t List and describe what soil-based actions and technology are affecting the amount of carbon being released into your community’s air.<\/p>\n List and describe what soil-based actions and technology are affecting the amount of carbon being sequestered in your community’s soil.<\/p>\n Urban communities are big cities with lots of people and buildings. They have a high population where there are more than 1,000 people per block.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t Suburban communities are an “in-between” of urban and rural communities. They are usually smaller towns just outside of urban cities.<\/p>\n\t\t Rural communities are small towns further away from big cities, with smaller populations.<\/p>\n\t Calculate your individual carbon footprint. Here are a few ways to do this:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Fill all five bubbles to become eligible for your Quest project grant!<\/p>\n\tYou have looked in depth at the ways that humans have affected the health of soil around them. You know now that soil health is connected to the health of its larger ecosystem – unhealthy soil has a negative effect on the ecosystem’s living organisms and nonliving parts. You’ve probably started noticing a few problems with how your soil is being treated. Explore Soil Impact Survey How are my community’s agricultural practices affecting the amount of carbon stored in soil and released from soil into the air? Use the concepts below to apply your understanding of soil health and carbon to your community and neighborhood. Complete a survey of your community’s development and natural spaces, and […]<\/p>\n![\"all-griffin-cj-nina\"](\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/healthysoils\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/04\/all-griffin-cj-nina.png\" "\\"all-griffin-cj-nina\\"")
\n\tHow is land used in your community?<\/h3>\n
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How is carbon released or sequestered in your community?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
How is carbon in soil released into your community’s air?\u00a0<\/h4>\t\n\t\t\t
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How large is your community?<\/h3>\n\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\tWhat is your individual carbon footprint?
\n<\/b><\/h3>\nEPA Carbon Footprint Calculater<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Zero Footprint Youth Calculator<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Flux Calculator<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\n\t
Questions to Consider<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\tRespond to these questions after completing the survey on your community’s carbon impact and the calculation of your personal carbon footprint.
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\nLet’s get started on being part of the solution!<\/strong>\n\t\tKeep going to figure out how you can help restore the health of soil in your community!<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext \n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t
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