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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My carbon footprint
My carbon footprint is close to an average in my country, although in comparison with the rest of the world, much higher. I didn’t expect this kind of results. I’m a little sad about it because I thought that I was paying attention on things such as electricity, water running, recycling and waste. After I have got my results I did a research and watched a couple of videos on YouTube, just to be more informed. I found out that there are a lot of things I’m doing wrong and I learned how to improve my habits. We all should think about our planet and stop using electricity in the daylight, turn off all devices that we are not currently using, care more about waste we make and try to recycle as much as we can. Let’s try to improve our planet’s life by taking care of little everyday choices.
I feel very similar to how you feel. When I saw my results I was surprised on just how high my families footprint was. It definitely makes me feel guilty, but at the same time it is good to be aware of this. I did a little more research and found that even little things like not pushing the gas petal on a car can help. I also think that it's really interesting how you said that you are doing somethings wrong. I think that could have a lot to do with why people's carbon footprints could be so high. People might think that they are helping the environment, but are actually harming it more. Also you put in some great tips on what people can do to help!
Sorces: https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of- … -footprint





