Many students using our footprint calculator said that they could not pledge to reduce their home footprints because they were not making the decisions for the household. Here is your chance to design your own sustainable virtual household!
If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
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My Family Footprint -Roan BOD
My family's carbon footprint was a lot more than I had expected. Using the calculator I noticed how much our family waste on food and even on our household appliances. Despite the enormous amount of energy we use in our household I am also proud of how our family reduces our carbon emissions through taking public transportation and using reusable bags when shopping. In hopes to reduce my carbon footprint, I plan to reduce my shower time and I also want to change the way we as a family wash our dishes. Instead of keeping the faucet on the whole time, I would turn it off any time the faucet is not needed. Knowing how important it is to save water (especially as we are in a drought), it is imperative that we start to take cold, shorter showers to save energy. As I shall start to make changes in my life to reduce my carbon footprint, I hope everyone else will make changes to their lifestyle too.