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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Ways to reduce carbon footprint
It is very easy to reduce your carbon footprint around the house. You can turn off lights when you don't need them, donate old clothes, recycle, and make sure you are not spending too long in the shower. By doing simple things like this you can reduce your carbon footprint.
These are all great and I agree completely!! Here are some other ways in which we can reduce home footprints; 1. Install a programmable model to turn off the heat/air conditioning when you’re not home. 2. Add Solar panels to your roof . 3. Cut back on beef and dairy . 4. Reuse Reuse Reuse!!! 5. Consider low carbon vehicle and moderating speed limits because speeding and unnecessary acceleration reduce mileage by up to 33%, waste gas and money, and essentially increases your carbon footprint.