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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When I Grow Up: My Carbon Footprint
If I had my own home, I would take into account my carbon footprint when making decisions about my home. I would live in an area that receives a lot of sunlight and put solar panels on my roof to reduce the amount of electricity used. I would live as close as possible to work in order to shorten my commute, therefore lessening my emissions of CO2. I've lived in a city where everyone drives and few people use public transportation. Hopefully, I could move somewhere that I could take the bus or subway to work. I would buy as much organic food as possible. Currently, most of the food I eat is organic. I notice now that my family falls short in recycling. I would actively participate in recycling my plastic, metal, paper, cardboard, and aluminum waste. I would donate my clothes and regularly go thrift shopping. All of these efforts would greatly reduce my carbon footprint compared to my family's now. Hopefully, more people attempt to do what they can to reduce the impact they have on the emission of greenhouse gases and global warming.