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 use our appliances less
After doing the carbon footprint experiment, I noticed that my carbon footprint from appliances in my home was massive and it made me realize that we should cut down on how much heating we use and in general use our appliances less because they are a huge contributor to green house gases. What are some appliances in your home that are contributors to your carbon footprint?
A lot of our home appliances are used but have such a negative effect on climate it’s hard to avoid those appliances. It just means we need to use them less and be more aware of how much energy they take.