Now that we all know and have calculated our emissions and have surely discovered the unexpectedly high impact of some of the behaviors that affect your total footprints. Somethings I am willing to change or improve is my transportation. I travel a lot in a car and my mom picks me up from school and takes me to school every day. Something that I can do to help is taking the bus more often so there aren't as many cars on the road. this would not only help my carbon footprint but my mother's life as well. Some problems or challenges I might encounter are worrying about my footprint while also trying to help it at the same time. For example, I have to drive to Alameda 3 times a week for volleyball and that is a lot of miles there and back but at the same time, there isn't really much I could do about that which is frustrating. What would also help is carpooling to practice with some of my teammates that live near me so we can reduce carbon footprints for multiple peo ple going to the same place. It would also make it easier to follow through with these changes if my friends are also trying to help their carbon footprint and we can encourage each other in the process.

I completely agree. We can reduce our carbon footprint by doing simple things, such as carpooling. Cars and trucks emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which contribute one-fifth of the United States' total global warming pollution. Fewer cars mean there is less carbon and other gasses and pollution getting into the air. This protects the environment by keeping the air, water, and land cleaner. By carpooling, we can reduce this amount of carbon by driving with many people instead of individually. We can all get involved and take action by doing simple things!

I also agree. The simplest things can lower our carbon foot print by a lot. The average car emits 8,887 grams per of Carbon Dioxide per gallon, which supplies 20% of the United States' pollution. If even two people carpooled everyday, it would remove on average 4.6 metric tons per year. This cleans the air, water, and land and makes the environment safer. If everyone chipped in, our Carbon footprint would be astronomically lower.

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/green … er-vehicle

I agree! Carpooling makes a big difference. Public transportation also makes a big impact. Research finds that public transportation not only decreases the users carbon footprint, it makes cars traveling in the same corridors have a greener fuel efficiency. Simple changes to your transportation makes a big impact on your carbon footprint. Many people are already making this change. Since 1995, the ridership on public transport has gone up 30%. Join these people and make a change!
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100% agree with everyone that has responded to this post. My largest area for improvement was transportation as well. Because soccer and other sports are a huge part of my life, not only my family but my friends family and I all have to make a lot of trips to and from soccer fields and schools. For example, one of my games was all the way out in Visalia so we drove four hours for only one game. While I was in a carpool with three other people, we could have taken more of my teammates. At the game, not only were girls coming only with their families but they were all in separate cars. In an article, I have read about carpooling, it tells about how if people on the same route to the same places or places within the same distance, it becomes a more convenient and practical way to live. Not only will this start to make a difference in our environment, but will also bring us closer as human beings. Please check out this website to get a detailed article about carpooling if wanting more information.
https://wheelzine.com/why-is-carpooling … nvironment

I totally agree with the statement that we should take action, now that we know how to control our carbon footprints. We can help to slow the process of the atmosphere's deterioration through things such as locally grown food, carpool, and solar panels. just using these three options will help lower the carbon dioxide emissions that are hurting our atmosphere.

I completely agree with this. I travel for sports six to seven days a week. This is many, many miles of driving every week. This doesn't stop at the end of a season, this continues into the summer. I play on a travel softball team during the summer and it is even more driving then my school team is. During my sports seasons I am going to make it my goal to carpool more often and I am going to encourage my teammates to do the same. I already carpool with two of my teammates, but we can fit six to seven people in the cars we drive. Transportation is such a big CO2 contributor. The less cars on the road the better.