I think that despite the fact that my family tries to be environmentally conscious, there are a lot of steps we can take to reduce our footprint. Relying 100% on solar power would be a great start, but they are expensive to get. Right now, we rely on solar power for about 75% of our power, but we would like for it to be more. Another step we can take would be to try to eat locally and waste less. We live in a rural, cold place, so eating locally in the winter is hard. However, we could definitely be doing more. Since we live in a rural place, we also order a lot of things online, which comes in a lot of packaging, so shopping locally would be ideal. Overall, getting solar panels, eating locally, and buying locally would be good first steps to reduce our carbon footprints.

I agree. We try to be aware of our choices but it's definitely hard to be 100% environmentally friendly. We don't have any solar power but are looking to get some in the next few years. Solar farms are growing in popularity, which is a great option for people with smaller roofs or roofs not suitable for solar panels. Composting is a great option, especially since it encourages gardening. When people grow their own food, their is no transportation involved and it promotes biodiversity, something sadly lacking in many cities. For new houses, proper insulation is important. This can reduce the amount of heat needed to keep a house warm dramatically, as well as taking into consideration the orientation of windows. Catching the morning sun could keep a house warm for a good part of the day.

I like the idea of having better insulation on houses to decrease the amount of heat needing to be used. I also think that especially in places that have really cold winter months, it can be hard to eat 100 percent locally because no food has the ability to grow that cold. Maybe having some green energy climate controlled areas would help to grow the food and make sure that not a lot is being transported in. When it comes to housing, a lot of the older homes don’t have insulation, so making sure that new houses have that and are more earth conscious would be a good contribution to lowering our carbon footprints.

I agree. I live in a pretty rural area so it can be hard to find things in local stores so I find myself also ordering most of my things online. A way to help this would be to either buy things from local stores and maybe not always get what I intended to, or if more stores were made in local towns. I think getting solar panels would help a lot for reducing my families footprint but they are expensive and it would take some planning and a lot of work. My family almost always eats locally except in the colder months when it gets hard to grow things, although we get some vegetables from a farm that has a couple green houses but we cant relay completely on them.