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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Washing Dishes
A lot of people (myself and my family included) have a bad habit of rinsing and/or hand-washing dishes before loading them into a dishwasher. According to http://www.care2.com/greenliving/energy … -tips.html this is an extremely wasteful practice. From now on I will scrape any excess food off of my plate rather than rinse or wash it off, and I will try to get my family members to do the same. I will also only run the dishwasher on a full load.
My family has the same bad habit. I totally agree with you though. We should all work on conserving water especially since we're all still in a drought. According to http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic … r-wasters/ we usually go through 20 gallons of water in one session of washing sessions. However using an electric dishwasher needs less than 10 gallons per load.