Hello my name is Hörður and i live in Selfoss, Iceland. My carbon footprint was 4980 kg of CO2 per year, compared to an average of 7883 kg for Iceland.

There are many ways to reduce your carbon footprint:
•    Use clean and renewable energy like solar, wind and geothermal energy.
•    Take public transport like bus or train. In Iceland are 665 cars per 1000 people which is too much.
•    When possible, walk or ride your bike.
•    Turn off the lights at your home when you dont need it. It is also better to use flourscent or led light bulbs instead of incandescent.
•    Use less water, for example, turn the faucet off when brushing or shaving.
•    Recycle and reuse things instead of just throwing them in the trash.
•    Eat or buy locally grown food.
•    Unplug electronics when they are not in use.
•    Plant a tree. Just one 10 year old tree releases enough oxygen into the air to support two human beings

If you have any more ideas feel free to comment. I would like to hear ideas from somebody else or just share your thoughts on this!

Hi Hörður,
I'm Anna, and I live in Houston, Texas. All of your ideas are really good, and I already do a some of these things like turn off the faucet or using fluorescent bulbs. Some of these, though, take a little more dedication. Even 665 cars per 1000 people is too much, but here in the US we have 786 cars per 1000 people, so something people might need to work on is taking public transportation or riding bikes. Another thing I could work on myself is buying locally grown food. It's really easy to go to the grocery store, but if I drove a little farther to go to a local market, I could save a lot on my carbon footprint. Thanks for sharing these- I think I'll work harder to improve on all of the things on this list!

Hello Hörður,
My name is Debora and I live in Florida. Around eight years ago my husband and I became aware that we were being wasteful in many areas of our home, the main one being our electricity; our waste was shown on the electric bills. We decided to become more environmentally friendly and started by doing some of the things you recommended. We began by replacing all of our light bulbs to CFL bulbs, immediately we saw a savings in our bill of over $80; I was shocked because I did not expect the savings to be so much. Once we saw the change in our electric bill we began doing other things such as recycling anything recyclable, washing our cloths with cold water, unplugging all unused electronics and appliances (cell phone, kitchen appliances, etc.), we buy refillable five gallon jugs of water instead of water bottles, for some time my husband even rode his bike to work. At our business, auto repair shop, we recycle anything that is recyclable like fluids, oil and antifreeze, filters, recyclable parts (some parts are repaired and resold), bolts or screws, we even reu se things like scrap parts when possible. By doing this we’ve saved hundreds of dollars at home and work, not to mention we feel better because we are helping not harm our environment as much as possible. I find it sad that even with all our best efforts I don't think we will ever be able to live a 100% pollution free life, but that should not stop us from trying.

Hello,
My name is Emily and I live in Texas. I believe all of these ideas that were shared were wonderful. I loved the fact that even though cars increase carbon footprints immensely, Debora and her husband are trying to do what they can to decrease it at the auto shop. Together, you have come up with a large list of ways to help reduce your footprint but I found a few more on this website that I think can help. One of the ones I noticed that hasn't been mentioned has to do with composting. The website suggest that you should compost instead of using a garbage disposal. Garbage disposals use a great deal of water, therefore increasing our footprint. Composting has a lot of great benefits that come with it. It is another idea that maybe we call all try. There are also lots more ideas on this website: http://www.myfootprint.org/en/take_acti … footprint/