Many students using our footprint calculator said that they could not pledge to reduce their home footprints because they were not making the decisions for the household. Here is your chance to design your own sustainable virtual household!
If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
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reduce the energy consume
I and my family try to use as less energy as possible. In winter we don't heat up so much, but we use more blankets for example. We don't spend much time in the shower (5 minutes maximum) and rarely have a bath. I think that they are good methods, because reduce the consumes of energy and you save a lot of money, so, why not use them?
When I calculated my footprint I reflected about the time that I spend in the shower, because I realized that I can improve in this aspect. Now I found some methods to save water, for example I close the water while I'm soaping.