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 family footprint
In the perfect world, I would be responsible for living in a household that was quite environmentally friendly and did not cause harm to myself, others, or the environment we live in. We would live in an area that was relatively close to work as well as schools. In addition, if we are not riding public transit, we would be very adamant about carpooling consistently. Most of our electricity would be derived from solar panels and the food in the house would come from mainly organic, farm to table sources. Finally, I would also aspire to have an electric car because that would cut down on fossil fuel emissions into the atmosphere. I believe that is the best course of action when engaging with this topic.