Flights run up Jodie’s carbon footprint

JODIE Colgan was shocked when her carbon calculator totted up her emissions and came up with the grand total of 11 (tonnes of carbon).

“I thought: It’s me, I’m killing the polar bears, it’s my fault,” said the 26-year-old mother of two from Glasthule, Co. Dublin.

But Jodie is green-minded. She doesn’t own a car, is conscious of switching off lights when not in use, and with two boys aged 15 months and 12 weeks, she finds it easier to walk to her local shops than take public transport.