My total carbon footprint for last year was 18,057 kg of CO2. The average for Florida, where I live, is 13,115 kg. This is well above the worldwide average of 3,791 kg.  Prior to calculating my carbon footprint I anticipated to be similar to the average of my region.  I believed my low levels for home, food, and purchases was going to offset the high level of CO2 emissions from aircraft travel. That was a bit naive since the CO2 emissions of  aircraft transportation are staggering high.  Since I cannot completely offset my carbon footprint from flying by myself, please consider taking some of the initiatives proposed on this website https://www.carbonfund.org/reduce I promise to make a bigger effort to reduce my carbon footprint.
Thank you!

Hi Maria, I'm Francis from California and I have a carbon footprint of 15,393 kgs compared to the average of 9,727 kg for my state. I also found that transportation, especially air travel, was the biggest contributor to my footprint, being over half of my carbon totals. I took a look at the site you posted and it has some nice tips that I will try to start following. One of the suggestions it puts forward is to patronize businesses with an environmental agenda. I found this article from 2012 that ranks different airlines on criteria including fuel conservation, alternative energy research, recycling, and carbon offset programs. http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/life … led-173008 I encourage you to check it out. I will now try to be more conscientious of the different businesses I support and look into how thoughtful they are towards their own carbon footprints.