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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Smart traveling
Over these past two years I have traveled a lot. I have been to 5 different states in the last 3 months. A lot of the time it is hard to manage travel especially if you are an athlete and travel for competitions. To start traveling less I should see if my teammates want to car pool so we don't have to waste gas in 5+ other cars
I love to travel! And from my perspective I have traveled enough to know that you can learn a lot. The world is so big and you can experience so many different things. My father is from Georgia and my mother from California, and every summer I travel by myself to Georgia and every time I love getting on the plane and getting food on the plane and taking off. It's a thrilling experience!
I travel a lot because my family lives all around the world. I think this argument could go both ways, it takes a lot of fossil fuels to go to some exotic place and relax or see the countryside. But, at the same time it is very cool to see different parts of the world. So, instead of not going somewhere far away because it ruins the environment just make sure to contribute to the community you are in when you're there. When you're abroad make sure to treat the environment as if you had to live in it.