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Justyna C, May 11, 2013

Hi!
My name is Justyna. I am from Poland. My total footprint is 5359kg of CO₂ per year. My result is less than my class total footprint result( 7677 kg CO₂). My lowest category is “Transport”. I am surprised but I live very close to my school so I don’t need to go to the center too often. My highest category is “Home” probably because I and my family spend a lot of time in home . I very like playing on my computer and watching anime so I spend there too much time. My house is big and we heat months of the year. We use fluorescent bulbs in whole my house so it is not bad :P

Justyna C
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  • Dylan P Dylan P May 14, 2013
    What is your primary mode of transportation that your total for that category is so low? Do you mostly travel by foot or by bike?

    My transportation total is also lower than my class - 1779 kg, with the average being 2443 kg - but I think that the only reason it is like that is because I hardly ever am in the car alone and I use my bike as often as I can for transportation (something very, very uncommon in my area of he US). And yet, it is probably considerably higher than your transportation average.
  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    My transportation was also lower than the majority of my classes score. I don't really go anywhere, but I do ride a bus to school. I love anime! I spend too much time on the computer too! :3
  • Justyna C Justyna C May 20, 2013
    What type anime u like? U have myanimelist.net ?
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Sylwia Wróbel, May 11, 2013

Hello;). My name is Sylwia. I’m from Poland. My total footprint is 9707 kg of CO2 per year. My result is higher than the average from Poland. My position compared to the class one is higher.
“Food” category is the lowest. I eat like a bird ;). “Home” category is the higher, bacause I use electronic equipment many hours a day. I can sort my rubbish and i can turn off my computer when I sleep to lower my carbon footprint. I will be taking long bath, beacuse i like that;).

Sylwia Wróbel
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  • Justyna C Justyna C May 11, 2013
    I have too higher category “Home” but maybe it change in the future :3

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Karlo L, May 11, 2013

Hi, I’m Karlo L, and I live in Croatia, Europe. I’m 16 years old and I’m really glad I participate in this interesting challenge. I have calculated my footprint and I found out that the total amount I release in atmosphere is 9094 kg of CO₂ per year. That is 3000 kg higher than the average in my area. The half of my total amount of CO₂ I release is at home. I decided to turn of my TV and computer more often and to replace some ordinary light bulbs with CFL ones. I’ll also try to reuse and recycle some paper and plastic bottles. I will try to print and write on both sides of the paper whenever its possible.
I was really surprised my carbon footprint was so high. I thought it will be about the same as the average in my country. I’m only happy that my Transportation categoy is low, but that’s mostly because I live cose to school and the center of town.
I’m looking forward to reading your posts and comments and I’m open to any kind of advice or critcism.

Karlo L
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  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hey Karlo! I think that it is great your taking steps to lower your footprint! I also had a high home score, but I am taking similar actions to lower my score!
  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hey Karlo! I think that it is great your taking steps to lower your footprint! I also had a high home score, but I am taking similar actions to lower my score!
  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hey Karlo! I think that it is great your taking steps to lower your footprint! I also had a high home score, but I am taking similar actions to lower my score!
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Tomek W, May 11, 2013

Hello! My name is Tomek. I am from Poland. My total footprint is 11710 kg CO2 per year.
My result is higher than the average for Poland. In my class total footprint result is 7677 kg CO₂ so my results is higher. My highest score is in category “home” because my house is big and We uses a lot of water and light. My lowest score is in category “purchases”. I am not surprised. I must turn off the light by lowering my carbon footprint. I’ll be watching a lot of TV and play on the computer because I like it.

Tomek W
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  • Patricija Šobak Patricija Šobak May 12, 2013
    It's the same for me, my home footprint is the biggest because we have lots of light bulbs.
  • Katarina E Katarina E May 12, 2013
    Hi Tomek! :)
    You certainly need to change something because your footprint is way above the average. I like to play on comuter too and watch TV too but if you want to reduce your footprint you need to try hard and you should spend less time in front of computer and TV and go outside with your friends. (:
  • veronica berneri veronica berneri May 16, 2013
    hy tomek!
    Your footprint is really high you could reduce the hours playing computer games and watching TV to going out with friends and playing outside in the open air.

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Abdelrahman Elandi, May 11, 2013

Hello name is Abdelrahman Elfandi, I currently live in Egypt and I have a considerably low footprint if compared to others in my class. My total carbon footprint is 10941 kg, and that may seem high because the average amount for Egypt is 3353 kg which is low. I use the most amount of carbon in the food category (which is odd because I am not obese and don’t feel like I eat that much) and it’s 4452 kg, and the lowest amount of carbon I use is in the purchases category and it’s 158 kg.

Abdelrahman Elandi
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  • Iwona O-Poland Iwona O-Poland May 11, 2013
    Hi! I think we should spend more time outside and be more active. We can use bike instead car or bus. Then we would save world, health and money. So many advantages!! :)

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Josipa F, May 11, 2013

Hello,my name is Josipa and i’m 15 years old.I’m from Požega,Croatia.For me purchases cathegory was 597 kg,which is 200 kg more than the average.I don’t buy gadgets that often,but i have different types of gadgets at home.Nowadays computers are part of life and i personally go on my computer everyday.Lot of times i leave my computer on,or just on “sleep”,i don’t turn it off. But it’s better to turn it off,and i have to try work on that.Also i will try not to spend much time on my computer,but that will be really hard :)

Josipa F
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  • James Jones James Jones May 13, 2013
    Hi Josipa,
  • Dru M-USA Dru M-USA May 14, 2013
    I also leave my computer on sleep all the time. I never turn it off. I should start turning it off when I do not use it.
  • Morgan H- United States Morgan H- United States May 14, 2013
    Another good idea is unplug chargers from the walls when your gadget is fully charged because, although its small, there is some waste energy that goes into it staying plugged in but it adds up.
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Sandra R, May 11, 2013

Hello!
My name is Sandra. I am from Poland. My total footprint is 4895kg of CO₂ per year. My result is less than average for Poland. In my class totall footprint result is 7677 kg CO₂ so my is less. My lowest score is in category “purchases”. I am not surprised. My highest score is in category “home” because we uses a lot of water. I take shorter showers to lower my carbon footprint. I don’t want to give up use the computer, because I very like play on the computer and surf the net.

Sandra R
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  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hi Sandra! Using less water always helps! I also like the boardgame idea. I too spend a lot of time on the computer, but I'm trying to take more breaks!
  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hi Sandra! Using less water always helps! I also like the boardgame idea. I too spend a lot of time on the computer, but I'm trying to take more breaks!
  • Liliah Andrews Liliah Andrews May 15, 2013
    Hi Sandra! Using less water always helps! I also like the boardgame idea. I too spend a lot of time on the computer, but I'm trying to take more breaks!
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Daria Pastucha, May 11, 2013

Hello, I’m Daria. I`m 17. and I’m from Poland. My total carbon footprint 13536 lb of CO2.My footprint would be about the same as the average person in
Poland, and the world. My total footprint results are higher than in my average and a bit higher than my class results. The lowest category is “purchases” and I’m not suprised about that because don`t buy so much clothes. The highest category is “home.In my house we used coal,whitch emits a lots of CO2
In my opinion I can sort the garbage. I can change the light bulb, I dont want to change the amount of time spent in the shower. The shower is a kind of rest for me. I do`nt want to sacrifice the rest of the environment

Daria Pastucha
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  • Sylwia Wróbel Sylwia Wróbel May 11, 2013
    I think you should stop using coal and try to use something else. I like to take long shower too;) and I don't want to give up this.

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Wioletta W-Poland, May 11, 2013

Hello! My name is Wioletta and I come from Poland. My total footprint is 5866 kg of CO₂ per year, compared to an average of 6526 kg for Poland. My results are lower than my class results. The lowest category is ‘Purchases’. I’m surprised because I often buy new things. The highest category is ‘Home’. It doesn’t suprise me too because me and my family spend a lot of time in the house. Also it is high because my house is heated by a central heating in the basement 5 months out of the year. We use electronic equipment many hours a day, bulbs light up most of a day. We use more incandescent bulbs than fluorescent bulbs. I know, it isn’t good. I think my family can spend more relaxing time outside than e.g. on the Internet or Tv.

Wioletta W-Poland
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  • Katarina E Katarina E May 12, 2013
    I agree with you. My family and me spend to much time in house too and probably we should spend more time outside. If you and your family go outside or on vacation somewhere like Croatia you won't spend so much electricity like on Internet, TV or light bulbs like when you are home. :)
  • Shaneikiah Bickham Shaneikiah Bickham May 13, 2013
    I have the same issue with the light bulbs, central heating, and the electronic equipment. I think you should try to use the energy saving light bulbs and also try to only use the room with the least amount of light bulbs while studying or doing your work. I think you might also want to try the solar chargers for your computer, phone, and the other electronic devices.
  • Wioletta W-Poland Wioletta W-Poland May 13, 2013
    You're right Katarina. I have to convince my parents to go on holiday, for example, in Croatia;) Shaneikiah, I think that the solar chargers for your computer, phone, and the other electronic devices are very good idea. Greetings :)
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Ola D, May 11, 2013

Hello! my name is Ola I’m 18 years old. I come from Poland, my total footprint is 14498 kg of CO₂ per year. I think my foot print results composed is much higher.My relusts position composed to my class results is higher. My “food” category is lowest. I’m suprise because i eat least in the class?! My “home” category is highest because..hmmm i think TV has long is active, my “home”results is 13226 but in my country is 2858 so it is no bad, but I hope it will be better! I talk with my parents so that fewer Watch TV:)

Ola D
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  • Ola D Ola D May 11, 2013
    I totally agree:) unfortunately my parents watch a lot of tv, they need to change !
  • James Jones James Jones May 13, 2013
    Ola! That is quite a high footprint.
  • Ola D Ola D May 13, 2013
    yes, I know… but surely this will change !i promise:)
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