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 Power Energy
One reason my carbon footprint was so big was because of the energy consumption at my house, especially in the lights. My family definitely uses a lot of lamps and overhead lights, but only about half of them are CFLs. It is a known fact that CFL light bulbs are better for the environment than incandescent light bulbs. SO, I could just replace all of the incandescent lights with CFLs, but why stop there?! We could take it one step further and replace our current energy source (gas) with a clean and reusable energy source such as solar power (you could also use another type of reusable energy source). According to The Solar Action Alliance, "Just an hour of sunlight generates sufficient solar panel energy to power the world’s homes for a complete year." This means that even though sunlight is only available during the day, the Sun generates enough energy during that period of time, that an average household would have enough energy to make it through the night.
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