My carbon footprint was pretty low in most areas except house. I was very surprised by this because we have solar panels. I think the reason it is so high is because we use a lot of gas heat in the colder months because my house has bad insulation and I get cold very easily. I think a way I can reduce this is by putting warmer clothes on when I get cold inside rather than turning up the heat. I also can have more blankets on my bed, and I can make sure all the windows and doors are closed when I turn on the heat.

After also calculating my family's carbon footprint I saw that my at-home footprint use was higher than I wanted it to be. what I noticed that took up so much of the footprint was leaving the lights on when they are not needed. This is a problem for our earth because the extra energy used to power up those lightbulbs are contributing to global warming and more pollution. I can try to reduce this energy by making sure that I turn off all the lights when I am leaving or done with them.

After reviewing my carbon footprint survey, I saw that the food category was way above average. Some ways to improve this are maybe having a few vegetarian meals a week if I don't want to commit to fully vegetarian or vegan. Also, my at-home water and electricity were high as well. I can improve on this by taking shorter showers, turning off lights when leaving a room, not washing or drying clothes when it's not needed.