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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what actions i could take
One change I would be willing to make to help the environment is to eat less meat, especially less red meat. An object that I would have is that I am not the person who does the cooking or the shopping for groceries in my house and because of this, I don't have total control over my diet. A few ways i could work around this is to make sure I avoid these products while eating out and by talking to my family about reducing our meat consumption.
I agree that this would be very helpful because meat, particularly beef, is very harmful to the environment because having so much livestock leads to more methane in the air. We can also attempt to reduce our waste and compost. When compost is put in the trash, it can not properly decompose, so it releases methane when it decomposes in trash piles. Additionally, recycling can be very sustainable and beneficial for the environment. Many don't know that recycled goods are not accepted if they have any food scraps on them. To be recycled, instead of put in the landfill, things must be completely clean.