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MY Family Footprint

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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We need to drive less

Ike.M223

We drive all around and we use too much gas. It would be better if we walked or biked more around town and to sports practices.

Benbrave

I agree but sometimes bussing is not convenient.

Dlaemmle

I agree that we should try and drive less but sometimes practices or events are far away and you can’t bus or walk but I think people should try and carpool instead of using one car per person.

EmmettS

I agree. There are many ways of transportation that don’t require burning fossil fuels like walking or biking

MagPayne

I strongly agree with this comment but, it’s hard to avoid fossil fuels because it is such a big part of our life.

laureneh

I agree that we should use cars less often because it’s really bad for the environment because they produce fossil fuels. So an alternative to standard cars could be using electric cars because they don’t require gas.

WyattFT

We could also use trains, which are a lot better for the environment and use less fuel. Also, getting people to drive electric cars is really hard because not everyone can afford one and some older cars are like traditions to some people.

jamesl

I agree, there are many modes of transportation that don't require fuel such as biking, walking, or canoeing.

Blair S (USA)

What would we use to carry groceries instead of cars?

Imogen

I agree, you can bike and walk which is better for your body and the environment. For carrying groceries you can get a trailer for your bike that attaches for the back.

SamAir

I agree, a couple years ago I told my self to bike everywhere I possibly could instead of taking a car or bus and releasing more carbon emissions and I have stuck to that, I bike everywhere now.

LarsK (USA)

I agree this would be amazing for our environment

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