To start off, you should first make an effort to lower your family footprint. With lowering your footprint, the little things count like turning off your lights and although they may be little they make a big difference. At home when you go to sleep, you should unplug your devices to save electricity as well as lower your carbon footprint. In my own life, every night I unplug all of my chargers, plugs, etc to help reduce my own carbon footprint. Along with this, you should turn the lights off in a room you're not in and to close your shades when it's hot or sunny to not waste cooling for your sake as well as the worlds. Eating also plays a big part in your carbon footprint because cows and chickens produce methane. For example, edf.org states,
"Cutting methane emissions is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming, even as we decarbonize our energy systems. It’s an opportunity we can’t afford to miss.At least 25% of today’s warming is driven by methane from human actions. One of the largest methane sources is the oil and gas industry."

It is a safe alternative for yourself and everyone to eat healthier and greener. It is fine to eat meat sometimes, but you should try to not eat it every day. Along with this, instead of going to the grocery store to get greens and to make salads, you should start a garden in your backyard to have fresher, better food. From my own experience, eating healthier is not only better for you in the long run, it helps the world with less greenhouse gas production. Latimes.com states, "It turns out that healthy eating isn't just good for your body, it can also lessen your impact on the environment. Scientists say that food production including growing crops, raising livestock, fishing and transporting all that food to our plates is responsible for 20% to 30% of total global greenhouse gas emissions." This exemplifies how healthy eating is good for both you and the world. Lastly, transportation is a very huge factor in greenhouse gases. Taking your car into work every day pollutes the sky as well as going on many trips on planes. A better alternative is taking public transportation such as trains or buses. From kcata.org they say "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 with public transit. Approximately 85 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector are related to the surface transportation system. Public transportation use is one of the most effective actions individuals can take to conserve energy" This reveals how bad taking cars every day is but how good taking public transportation is. Although I might ride in cars a lot, I take the bus to school which helps with my carbon footprint. All in all, your carbon footprint is high because you take private transportation, eat a lot of processed food and meat, and run electricity all throughout your house and to stop all of this you need to take more public transportation, eat more greens, and take out plugs at night, and turn out your lights when your not in them.