I have grown up playing lacrosse and it has evolved into a passion and something I want to continue throughout high school and college.  The downside of playing lacrosse is the travel.  In the last two years, I have flown in planes to San Diego, Maryland, New York, Denver, and Utah all for tournaments.  This caused my carbon footprint in transportation to be higher than many of my classmates.  I was astounded by how much of an impact airplanes had on one's carbon footprint.  One article by The New York Times, titled "Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel", listed many surprising and disturbing facts about airplane travel.  For example, a just one round trip flight from New York to San Francisco is the warming equivalent to 2 to 3 tons of carbon dioxide per person.  Also, if you take five long flights a year, it will account for three-quarters of your emissions for that year.  Although these facts surprised me and make me question my travelling habits, lacrosse is not something I am willing to give up yet.