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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My off the table carbon footprint is in the transportation category. This is because my family likes to travel a lot. We had lots of plane trips in 2015 to places far away. I also live in a hilly neighborhood and there is nothing nearby where my family could walk or bike to. Is this the case for anybody else?
Does anyone have any possible solutions?
I might have one possible solution that can help your family reduce their CO2 emissions. My highest category was Home due to all the various appliances my family has like ovens, microwaves, etc. We are also always charging our phones even sometimes when we don’t even need to. I would recommend carpooling maybe to school with a friend like I do almost everyday. I’ve been doing this since grammar school and I feel it has really reduced my carbon footprint overall. This won’t really work if your friend lives kind of far away, because it will cause more CO2 to be released into the atmosphere.
I have the same situation too, but I do not really fly planes that maybe. Maybe once or twice a year I'll get on a plane. Also, my family likes to live in the hills and I live in a location where there are lots and lots of trees and cannot really walk anywhere unless I know someone who lives nearby and I want to walk to there house, so my carbon footprint would be very high.