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?
MY Family Footprint >
Home utilities impact The Earth
This Wednesday I have used The International Student Footprint Calculator in order to find out what my family's impact is on the environment.
I was glad to know that it is around the average in my location, but I was surprised to see that while my footprint for food, purchases and transportation is lower by a small percentage, the home category rises it by a fair amount, which I didn't think of before.
I concluded that I have to lower the temperature I usually set in my home during cold times and to switch to LED lights for a better quality of our planet and that home utilities play a major role in environmental issues.
Yes,also my footprint food,purchases and transportation is lower,but the home category is higher and I didn't think of before either.Home,I use woods to heat my room and this activity has a harmful impact on the environment.