SUPKids Workbook

Your SUP Has A Footprint Too!
Its not just people who have carbon footprints, ‘things’ have them too!
Almost anything you buy is responsible for adding some carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. Here are some of the ways that CO2 is released when making a SUP
board :
By the huge machines sucking oil from
the ground to make plastic, or the
cutting the trees to get wood.
Here is an example of the carbon
footprint of the Starboard iGO
inflatable SUP :
When electricity is used to power the
factory that makes the board.
By the trucks, planes and boats carrying
materials to the factory, and then by
the big cargo ships taking our
boards to shops all over the world.
Starboard calculates the
emissions released from
every board they make!
But why?
SUP Board
CO2 Emissions
Raw Materials
Electricity
Packaging
Shipping
kg of CO2
46 . 4 kg
19 . 2kg
2 . 1 kg
1 . 4 kg
Measuring a boards carbon
footprint is the first step
towards making it smaller.
When we know where we are
emitting carbon dioxide we
can make changes to help us
emit less !
Total : 69 . 1 kg
of CO2
This is what the Starboard
iGO Inflatable SUP looks like !