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?
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Cut down on the consumption of burgers!
Food is a necessity to a healthy and functional life but poor decisions with the food you eat can lead to problems. For most Americans, eating a cheese burger once or twice a day may seem normal. However, the short term pleasure that a cheeseburger provides causes crucial long term effects. Just one cheeseburger has a carbon footprint of 4850g. With that in mind, think about how many burgers are consumed everyday. That's a lot of CO2 being emitted into our atmosphere. This is problem that needs to be solved. This is a problem that us the people need to understand. A solution to this is having healthier food decisions. Replace your cheeseburger with a chicken salad. The less burgers we eat can potentially be a vital turning point in decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.