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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Reducing Carbon Footprint
After I did my carbon footprint calculator, I realized that my carbon footprint was a lot higher than average. My biggest contributor was my home life. This includes electricity, water, and electronics. According to justenergy.com, the main thing I can do to lower my carbon footprint is by turning off the lights when I'm not using them. Other ways is by driving less, not buying plastic water bottles, and or looking into investing in solar panels.