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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Taking this survey has made me more aware of what kind of energy use happens in my house. I notice that even though we try to always keep the lights off when we are not at home or not in the room, sometimes we forget. I think that if I had my own home I would use solar panels to help minimize the amount of electricity used. I would also want to live close and locally to a market, my school, etc. This will help decrease my carbon footprint because then I wouldn't be driving everywhere and I could just walk or bike. Right now, I take the bus every morning to school and my house isn't the closest to school, so this would minimize my CO2 emissions.
I agree with you Anna I forget to turn off my lights when I am at home sometimes. All though it is hard to break habits you we should all try to incorporate little plans to try to break these habits. You should set an alarm to try to remind you to check your house for all the unnecessary lights that are on. And then after it will become a normal habit to check the lights in your house.
I agree with being more aware of saving energy. I realize that my carbon footprint is a lot more than I thought it would be. I didn't realize that everything I do in my everyday life would make such a big impact on the environment. I forget to turn off my lights when I leave my room sometimes, and I use my car instead of carpooling and using public transportation. I should take notice of this and realize how it is harming the environment.





