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
I think my family does a pretty decent job being environmentally conscious but I think we could do better. We do not have AC and we use our heating system minimally. We all eat almost completely vegetarian and we dispose of all waste properly. We mostly recycle and us the compost instead of the trash. We have an electric car. I think one thing we could do to improve our footprint is use less water, particularly hot water. We all do love good hot shower, but I think we could be more conscious about how much water we use. Also, we could air dry clothes and hand wash dishes more often. These are a couple simple steps we could take to decrease our family footprint.
I'm in the same situation as you, where I think my family does a pretty good job being efficient and environmentally conscious, but I still think we can do better. We also have all the same things you described (no AC, rare heat, practically vegetarians, compost/recycle & the electric car). A couple things my family could do though, is invest in solar panels, something we've been seriously considering recently, and also (like you) trying to cut down our shower time. We could also install water-efficient/dual flush toilets in all our bathrooms.