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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Ideal Footprint
If I lived by myself or had my own house, I would definitely improve my carbon footprint. I would eat food that is grown locally, and minimize the amount of imported food that I bought. I would conserve energy, turning off lights after I leave, and getting solar panels instead of using regular electricity. Also, I wouldn't buy new phones every year, only when my phone was absolutely broken and couldn't get fixed. If I had help, I would start growing a garden and nursing chickens so I would be able to eat homegrown food. The CO2 emissions of my house would shrink from what I'm living in right now.