A while back, my family's carbon footprint used to be high. My brother and I never used to turn off the lights after we left the room. I used to sometimes take one hour showers just to wash my hair and body. We use to drive to the mailbox or park, when we easily could've walked, out of convenience. Also, one major problem in my neighborhood is the truck system. In my neighborhood, there is only a garbage truck. So before, we never used to recycle our paper at home. We would always throw it out along with the trash. After doing this project, I learned that my father had "installed" led light-bulbs, instead of fluorescent or incandescent ones. Slowly, almost all the lights in my house have become led lights. Also, on my stairway I have two incandescent lights. Instead of using those at night, my father bought led lights the plug into the outlets. These lights detect motion, so they only turn on when you walk by. This way, at night time, we don't need to use the incandescent bulbs on the stairway, but can use the led light. This led light is much more energy efficient. I al so got my family to start recycling our paper. Instead of driving to a recycling bin a few miles away, I just brought the paper to school. At school, we already recycle paper. This way, I can save on transportation costs and cut down on pollution. Both my parents, now, take cold showers. I don't think I'm ready to that just yet, but I've definitely cut down my shower time, majorly.

I'd also like to include that according to https://www.carbonfund.org/reduce If you’re already a vegetarian, you save at least 3,000 pounds of CO2 per year compared to meat eaters. If you’re not a vegetarian, just increase the number of vegetarian meals you eat each week by one or two. Also, poultry is less greenhouse gas intensive than beef.