There are so many ways to reduce your carbon footprint around the house. Buying a programmable thermostat can save a lot of energy by automatically setting the times so it turns down the air conditioning when it is not in use. Weatherstripping is also a great way to insulate your home. Putting weatherstrips in places where drafts come in can reduce the amount of energy spent using your AC. According to http://carbonfund.org/reduce, using compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) have that cool curly shape and save more than 2/3rds of the energy of a regular incandescent.  Each bulb can save $40 or more over its lifetime. You can reduce water and heating costs, even in your bathroom. To save even more water, turn the faucet off when brushing or shaving. These simple changes and steps can save many thousands of gallons of water annually. Another way to minimize your carbon footprint is to turn off the lights when you walk out of any room, when brushing your teeth or washing the dishes, etc., turn off the water when you are not using it, take shorter showers, wash full loads o f laundry or wash laundry less times per week, turn off or power down your computers when you are not using them, etc. There are numerous ways to reduce your carbon footprint by just slightly changing your behaviors at home.

These are all great ideas. I never realized all the times I leave the water running when I brush my teeth or forget to turn alight off before I leave the house. These small things can add up overtime yet they're so easy to fix. I think if we were all more cautious about even these small things, we can all reduce our carbon footprint.

These are good ideas and leaving the lights on is definitely a big factor for my family as one light has to be on all night for my mom in order to watch my 11 month old sister. But I wish we had some other light source that would reduce the energy and save money