Hello, I'm Mario, I live in Dénia and I'm going to show you my carbon footprint per year, first at home 4545kg per year, second food 2395kg per year, third, purchases 133kg per year and finally transportation 489kg per year. What do you think I could do to reduce that percentage?

Hi, I’m Nicolas. I suggest trying for your home footprint to unplug electronics before turning yourself in for the night. For food, Having more local or seasonal dishes or buy groceries in bulk with reusable containers that can reduces the packaging waste associated with individually packaged items. For purchases, You can try repairing it instead of getting something new to replace it like a jacket or a bicycle. Finally your transportation,you can try walking for a change for closer places that you need to go and only drive If you think it's really far.

Hello Mario, my name is Mekennah! I see you already got some recommendations, but I wanted to throw in a couple more! for your home footprint, it is very easy to walk out of a room without turning off the light or shower a little extra longer because of stressful days. Trying to reduce those could really help lower your footprint. My footprint for food was a big one for me as well. What I figured might help me is trying my local farmers market and finding fruits and vegetables that are grown without a bunch of pesticides that are harmful to our environment. Lastly, the hardest one yet is transportation. It is so convenient to get in the car or on a plane and vacation or commute to work/school- however, maybe carpooling or minimizing vacation travel might help with that! Bet of luck!

I don't know if this could help you, but many of my friends grow vegetables and raise animals so I have started buying their produce, eggs and meat to reduce my carbon footprint.

My carbon footprint is 5,758 kg of CO₂ per year, a little lower than the average for Spain, which is 6,968 kg, although it is still higher than the global average. Looking at the results, what pollutes the most in my case is food and home. I think I could improve a few things to reduce my footprint. For example, at home I could turn off the lights more when I don't need them, use energy-saving light bulbs and not leave appliances plugged in. As for food, you could try to eat less meat, especially beef, and more local or seasonal products. I could also avoid so much plastic and buy only what I really need, because I have little in "shopping", but I could still improve it more. In transport I hardly pollute, so that's fine, but in general I would like to continue to lower my footprint and be more aware of the things I do in my day to day.

Hello Amalhadjaj! I also have a higher home footprint. I like how you suggested the energy-saving lightbulbs! I would have never thought of that. I use lights often in my house for many hours of the day and in multiple rooms because I have a kid who runs everywhere! Investing in the lightbulbs may really help my footprint! Another way to reduce your food, if you're open to suggestions, is shopping locally and looking for organic foods. Many grocery stores have great fruits and veggies; however, they often come from a place that uses so many pesticides that they have such a huge impact on our environment! Another note to add is I have just recently recycled all of my plastic Tupperware and changed to glass containers! They are also a lot easier to clean! I hope we both have success at lowering our carbon footprint!

My total transportation footprint is 14,280 kgs, which is 10,833 more than the average for the United States of Florida. I aim to reduce my footprint by driving less on the road or by finding lower-speed routes to take.

https://www.c2es.org/content/reducing-y … footprint/

Although it may be difficult to maintain a sustainable lifestyle, especially if the culture or society is very materialist, there are creative ways to reduce one's carbon footprint in small ways that can build up over time.

One could be more accepting of 'hand-me-downs' instead of heading to stores and purchasing new clothing; not everything has to be new to be wearable. If one has to buy something, it is better to purchase an item of clothing that is durable, and is able to last a long time.

Another way of reducing carbon footprint is to have a power strip so that every time electronics are not in use, simply switching off the power strip would immediately cease power to the electronics. This is much more efficient than manually pulling the plug of multiple electronics off of multiple wall outlets.

A last example of creative methods to reduce one's carbon footprint is the eco-friendly option of utilizing solar-powered cookers to cook one's food. No need to use the microwave or create long-burning fires to heat up a meal.

The first two ideas, plus more creative methods, can be found in this article: https://sustainability.wisc.edu/14-ways … footprint/

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Hi, my name is Ainara aand I'm from Dénia, Spain.

My home carbon footprint is way above average. What can I do to lower it?? I think it's because I'm always with the lights on during the day and I keep the fan on during summer all day and night long. I also keep my phone charging all night and sometimes I forget to unplug it. Talking about digital devices, I believe the main problem is that I keep my PC on during at least 12 ours even if I'm not using it out of laziness to turn it back on. Maybe I can also take less time showers to save water too.
I think that's basically the reason my home carbon footprint is that high and that I need to take more care about my actions with my digital devices

Hello my name is Albert and I have doubled the CO2 statistic because I have taken the plane and that goes up a lot. I have also tripled the world championship.iikjkj9bnjnl

I have reviewed my results from the carbon footprint assessment and found some areas that I should reflect on and improve. My total footprint is 5,312kg of CO2 per year, which is lower than the average in Spain (6,968 kg), but still higher than the world average (3,791 kg). My biggest expense comes from the household, with 2,635 kg, exceeding the regional average of 1,462 kg. This indicates that I should focus on reducing my energy consumption at home. On the other hand, my food footprint is 2,347 kg, lower than the regional average of 2,620 kg, but I can still improve with a more sustainable diet. In shopping, my footprint is quite low (328 kg) which is good, and in transport it is minimal with 2kg, which reflects my mobility habits.

Hi, I'm Alexandra, I live in Dénia and today I'm going to explain my footprint. In my region the average of the surer home is 1,462kgs, but mine is 1,110kgs since I do not usually turn on the air conditioning or heating. The average food is usually 2,620kgs, but mine is 1,078 because I don't usually eat as much as the others. The average shopping is 1001kgs and mine is 298kgs since I don't usually go shopping much and finally the transportation has an average of 1885gs, but mine is 862kgs because I only go by car to school, the rest I walk.

My carbon footprint was heavily impacted by my trip to europe and I know my family is going on many more vacations far away what can I do to reduce the impact those trips will have?

you cant so just enjoy your trip away from home and try new things while youre there

I have this same problem. Its very hard to reduce your carbon footprint from air travel as a kid but being mindful about it is already a major step in the right direction.

My carbon footprint was also extremely impacted by my trips. I think the best thing to do is to lower other other stuff like home or foods. I honestly know I'm going to go on more flights. So I'd enjoy the trips and lower using stuff at home that does impact climate change.

my footprint was also affected a lot by trips, so i will try to cut down on big trips

While doing my calculations, I noticed that a carnivore diet with four people produces a lot of CO2.

I agree that carnivore diets produces greater amounts of CO2 than a vegetarian or vegan diet. This is due to many things but one of the greatest contributors is the food needed to feed the animals that could have been used to just feed humans. Personally when driving past cow farms it highlights all of the resources needed to create meat.

I put that I wasn't a vegetarian and immediately got an extreme amount of C02 as well. I guess just one thing to help with C02 impacts would be to eat less meat or just eat smaller bits of it.

Rampant consumerism is a very large issue in the world today. Many people feel like they always need the newest and trendiest thing, but having those things does more harm than good. What we often don’t realize is that buying new products like clothes, makeup, and other commodities hurts our environment. Due to things like international shipping, the materials used to create the products, and how they were created, harmful gas emissions are driven up. Also, oftentimes these products are thrown away when the person feels like they don’t need them anymore, and because people don’t always dispose of their waste properly, thousands of tons of discarded products end up in landfills, creating a cycle of environmental harm that cannot be undone, unless people make large-scale changes to their consumer habits. These changes could be thrifting clothes more instead of shopping fast fashion, or choosing to shop from more eco-friendly brands.

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I was very surprised to see how high my carbon footprint was, especially from the amount of traveling I did. I think, in my general area the carbon footprint was so high because most of the people in my neighborhood leave their lights on in their house before they leave for the day, which usually means they'll be gone for several hours of the day. I also do this sometimes but I should stop to reduce my carbon footprint, I think other people can also stop doing things like leaving the water running and using their cars to travel places that are close to reduce fossil fuel emissions.