All of you have calculated your emissions and you have surely discovered the unexpectedly high impact of some of your behaviors (eating meat, flying to a sunny destination, etc.) on your total footprints.
Are there any behaviors that you are really willing to change or to improve for the sake of the environment? What challenges do you encounter or think you will encounter while trying to change these things? What help, support, and insights from others would make your life easier with these new behaviors?
Let's discuss these issues and make our pledges here!
Now It's Time for Action >
My Changes
After taking the carbon footprint test, I was driven to figure out what about my lifestyle I can change that would reduce the carbon footprint I'm contributing. Some simple things I came up with is remembering to walk places, I feel like I am so quick to hop in my car just because it is more time saving than walking or biking places. I plan to change this and make sure I walk, run or bike whenever I can instead of driving. My family is pretty good about buying our fruit from locally grown markets, but I am planning to talk to my mom about taking the extra step and going to the farmer's market on Sundays to purchase more than just the fruit for our house. Also, by taking the test I realized how horrible I am at turning off my lights and water when I don't need them. Remembering to turn off the lights when I leave the room, or turning off the water while I'm brushing my teeth I think will really help reduce my carbon footprint.
Good ideas. This inspires
Me*