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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Family Footprint
My family’s overall footprint was a tad lower than the average, but there’s always room to improve. For instance, using a reusable item such as a tote bag when going out to shop or buy groceries is a great way to lower our footprint. Furthermore, if I had my own home I would try to implement reusable energy, such as using solar panels. I’d also like to live near school/work so that way I could emit less chemicals into the air when using a car as transportation, and so I’m also able to walk there. Having a good sized backyard would also be nice so that way I can grow my own vegetables and fruit and not have to buy them.