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 Footprint
I was surprised to discover how high my footprint was, and that various things that I had never previously suspected could contribute to it (such as whether ones purchases had packaging or not). Some thoughts I had upon lowering it were to recycle more things and make sure that whatever one bought had no packaging. Does anyone have any other ideas?
I was surprised to find out that leaving a phone or other device plugged in for longer than necessary increases your carbon footprint. Another easy way to reduce your footprint is to spend less time in the shower, and make sure that while you’re brushing your teeth you turn off the water when you don’t need it.