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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It's difficult to make big better-for-the-environment changes because I am still young and live with my family. I think one of the biggest ways my family leaves a carbon footprint is our use of electricity. My family members will leave lights on after they've left the room and they'll leave the tv on even if they're not actively watching. I have made an effort to talk with them and tell them that the excessive use of energy is not good for the environment and we should shut things off when we are done with them. But, sometimes they'll forget and still leave things on. We can also install more energy efficient and better for the environment light bulbs so we reduce our environmental impact.
My family was the same way with leaving lights and electronics on without them being in use. Over the years, we have switched most of our light bulbs to more environmental light bulbs. Before we leave the house, we go through all the rooms and make sure everything is turned off, but like you said we sometimes forget. We are not perfect at this solution, but we have definitely decreased our carbon footprint over the years.
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