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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Family Carpool
My biggest contribution to my carbon footprint is transportation. I think if my family used a carpool to save as many miles as possible, it would affect my footprint greatly.
If you also used public transportation such as busses or trains you could also minimize your carbon footprint while traveling.
Great idea. To further diminish your Carbon Footprint, you could invest in buying a bike, skateboard or scooter and use that as your source of transportation. Public transportation such as buses or the metro could be a good idea too.
I agree with both of these ideas. You can find alternate methods of transportation as mentioned, such as public transportation, or carpooling. You can also try to limit the number of miles you drive, by making sure your destinations are important and you aren't making unnecessary trips (by combining errands). Walking, biking and running are great alternatives.