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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Reducing my Family's Footprint
Right now my family's footprint is much larger than the average footprint, and to be honest I am not that surprised. To reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from our house we can buy solar panels to reduce the amount of electricity used, turn off the lights when I am not using them or don't need them, and compost to reduce the amount of burning trash. With these tactics, I will reduce the amount of my family's carbon footprint tremendously.