Are there aspects of your daily life that you know contribute to your carbon footprint but you are unwilling to compromise to change them? In other words, what about your life is “off the table” when it comes to carbon emissions? It's OK to admit it- we all have these cherished behaviors!
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Transportation is off the Table
When I calculated my carbon footprint online, I noticed that the transportation section was too high. I started thinking about what I could do to reduce my CO2 emissions from transport, so that my footprint, in general, could decrease. But that’s really difficult for me. Firstly I live quite far from school, and I have to take the bus to go there. Sometimes I take also the train. Furthermore I live too far also from the city, to go there by foot. When at the weekend I meet my friends, we have to meet us halfway, because we don’t live in the same city. Or when I have to buy something I have to go to the city, because where I live, there are few stores. In the end, I can’t give up to travel. My father’s parents live in another country, and also my mother’s parents. Every year, we visit them, and we go there by airplane. I know that airplanes pollute a lot, but it takes too much time to go there by car: about 13-14 hours.
Most of the time, I take public transport to go to a place, because my parents often work. But, when I can, I prefer to walk to go somewhere. Nevertheless my footprint is too high and I don't know how to reduce it without give up to travel.