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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If I had a perfect eco-friendly home it would be like this. I would set solar panels on the room and that is where I would get my energy from. All the lights and water would have a limit so we didn't go over and use to much per day. I would want our house near lots of public transportation so it would be easy to take and that would be my way of getting around. along with near a nice bike path so you can have a enjoyable and easy ride. I would also want my house to be near a town so we didn't have to travel far to get local fruits and veggies. my house would have a great recycling and composting system.
This sounds this a great eco-friendly home. My family's carbon footprint is very high considering the way we live. I think solar panels would be a good alternative for energy as well as being near public transportation to help reduce your carbon footprint. Being close to a town and lots of shops, I agree would be very helpful so you would not have to drive as far.