Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
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Carbon Footprint
My total carbon footprint was 6,040 kgs, transportation result was 1218 kgs, home result was 2538 kgs, food result was 1832 kgs, and purchases result was 452 kgs.
Transportation:
I don't really travel anywhere far during the summer unless it's a special occasion or a one time family visit of the year. My family gets there by driving and we do not own any diesel run vehicles. I get to school and back home by riding the school bus monday through friday.
Home:
It's rare for me to go out to eat; I just cook food at home and I only turn a light on when the day gets very dark. I do not leave or turn the central cooling/heating on unless I am freezing cold or sweating like a sumo wrestler. I never leave lights on in rooms I am not in.
Food:
As I had addressed in the home paragraph, I or my parents usually make my our own food and we rarely go out to eat unless it's a special occasion, vacation trip, someone else's house, or if we don't have any ingredients to make food at home at the time.
Purchases:
I'm not a fan of shopping in stores. I typically buy stuff from online an d only when I need something or if it's for a special occasion.
I had the lowest carbon footprint total out of my class and it was significantly below average compared to my region's averages.
For your home section you save a lot of energy In your house and thats good, keep it up.
I agree with going out to eat less to conserve energy.
Going out to eat less conserves gas and cash so its a really good idea.