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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After I had calculated my carbon footprint I thought my numbers were pretty good. My footprint was around 14,000 and I assumed that number would have been way higher. I was surprised at first about what emissions contributed the most to my footprint but after I thought it through, I made sense of it. Behaviors that I'm willing to take to improve the environment are turning off the lights when not being used, taking shorter showers, and buying more needs rather than wants. The challenges that I might encounter while being willing to change these things are forgetting to turn off my lights, timing myself while taking showers, and rethinking before purchasing. My family could help me with these changes by reminding me to turn off the lights, telling me once it's time to get out of the shower and asking me if I really "need" what I "want" to get.
I need to learn to turn off the lights too.