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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solar light and less time in the shower
we have to take advantage of the solar light, and try to not turn on the light too much during the day.
in this days we must take care of the water, and one easily way to help is to take less time in the shower.
You're right man, but how do you propose to make these real, I mean, which or what can be the different ways in which people may understand how to save water and not use so many electricity?
I agree with you Mau, another things we could do, is use more efficient light bulbs, instead of normal bulbs, this is a way in which many energy could be save
Hi, I am from Guatemala and I agree that we should try to spend less time wasting water, though it is a hard task due to the importance of water in our daily life, we can start with small steps such as timing ourselves when taking a shower, or turning the faucet off when brushing our teeth.
Hello! My name is JJ, I'm from Guatemala. I agree that we should take advantage of the solar light we get. I think that the government should implement a system where we collect energy from the day light and then distribute this light to the citizens. This also helps people who live in poor conditions: if we find a way to collect solar energy efficiently, then many people who don't have access to energy can obtain it and make use of it.
Hello, my name is Juan Luis Zepeda also from Guatemala and I also agree, but if people don't like to use the sunlight as energy why not LED light bulbs. They are more efficient in saving energy than normal ones. When talking about water there is a song in spanish "shower song" it lasts about 4 minutes during this song, it literally sings to you how fast do you need to shower. By the end of the song you should be finished. If people would listen to the song and shower at the same time it could lower the time in each shower you take.
Juan Luis, that is a great idea, it's not that bad at all, but I would like to know what are other benefits of the "shower song" also I would like to know more about these "product" I mean, it's not that bad at all, but if we're going to talk about it, I would like to know more details of these.