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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My Family Footprint
When I calculated my footprint, I was not very surprised to see that our home stayed under the average. We are very conservative and try not to turn on lights when we do not need them, turn of lights when we are done, and use fluorescent light bulbs because they are more energy efficient. However, my family and I often fly to visit our family on the other side of the country. Because of this, my transportation section was extremely high. If there was a way to fix that, it could change everything.