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 my family's carbon footprint
I noticed how high my family's carbon footprint is, and I wanted to limit them. I wanna start with limiting air substances like not using the heater as much if not needed and trying to use natural resources like the weather to let in the air that my family needs. Water usage is a big reason why my family's carbon footprint is high. I wanna limit shower times because a lot of water is wasted during that time. When we brush our teeth, we sometimes leave the water on while we brush our teeth. The electricity in my house is overused sometimes electronics stay plugged in the wall and are on when not in use, example the TV most of the time when my family members finish with it they leave it on all night.