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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Carbon footprint
My Carbon footprint count was a lot higher than I expected. Most of my carbon footprint emissions can be from transportation and My house. I notice there are a lot of simple ways to reduce my carbon footprint. Some way to reduce carbon emissions in my house is to reduce my electricity use so turning off the lights as I leave rooms and, and reducing heater, fan, and AC use. You can also unplug electronics that aren't in use. A few ways I can reduce my transportation carbon emissions are to use public transportation when possible, try to carpool, Use ride-sharing services and you should try to bike and walk more. Just by doing these simple things, I would reduce my carbon emissions by a lot. by doing these I would have a small impact on changing the world.
My carbon footprint was a lot higher than I had expected also. The majority of my carbon footprint emissions was from transportation and consuming food. This was a surprise to me because I didn't expect my footprint to be as high as it was. My family eats a lot of food but I didn't know this would make my carbon footprint increase the way it did. When looking at my carbon footprint, I noticed simple ways to reduce my carbon use at home and in my daily life. One way is using my family's electric car more often. Using a car that consumes gas, will affect the environment and cause climate change. I have an electric car that charges at home and utilizing this car more often will help the environment and my carbon footprint. Another way is not throwing out as much food at home. My family and I make a lot of food at home and we also consume a lot of food too. The more we cook, the more my carbon footprint increases because of the grill outside and our kitchen using power inside. My carbon footprint was a lot higher than I expected but if I practice these ways I just explained





