Hello everyone,my name is Josipa and i’m from Požega,Croatia. I’m 15 years old and this is my first time to participate in something like this. I calculated my footprint and it was about 1000 higher than the average.The carbon dioxide was largest in home category,and it wasn’t really surprising because i know that i wasn’t really careful with turning off the lights and different appliances when i’m not using them so i have to try be more careful .I’m glad that i can be a part of something like this and see other opinions and experiences. :)

Hey, My name is Joey and I just calculated my carbon footprint. My footprint was about 2000 above the average footprint for my area. My calculations came out as:
Transportation: 4276 kg
Home: 6868 kg
Food: 5476 kg
Purchases: 616 kg

Even though these numbers are around the average for individual in my area (with the exception of purchase, which was quite below average) I would like to decrease my carbon footprint. I could do this by running bio-fuel in my truck since it has a diesel engine. Also I could decrease home by cutting my shower time from about 15 minutes to about 6-7 minutes. To decrease the food section of the footprint, I could consume more locally grown food. I’m curious about what everyone else’s average are and how they’re planning to decrease theirs.

Hi, I’m Honoka, and I calculated my carbon footprint recently and it came out to be higher than the average of my area. I had a large amount of carbon dioxide in the transportation category. I wasn’t surprised by this because I took a trip that year, which uses a lot of carbon dioxide. But, what I really was surprised about was my home category. I was way over the average amount and got the highest of all 4 categories. This is probably because our house uses the heater during the winter and I take long showers. I’d like to reduce these energy by using more blankets instead of the heater and taking shorter showers. Even these little changes would probably make a big change in the world, so I would like to reduce more energy.

Hello,I’m Vanesa and I’m in 6th grade. I was surprised in my food category why because I didn’t realize about how much meat and food i was eating .The next time I eat meat and food I will remember to not waste a lot CO2 I was using

I’m not surprised that my transportation category was double the average. Since my family and I visit my relatives every year, I expected that my transportation category was pretty high. To decrease my my carbon footprint, my family and I are only going to visit my relatives every other year.

I was surprised to my food category because i didn’t realize how much meat i was eating now every time i do eat meat meat ill be thinking about how much C02 I’m realizing.

I was very surprised when my foods CO2 emissions were high. I didn’t know that eating lots of meat was bad for the environment. I am going to try to eat less meat and eat more veggies and fruit

I wasn’t suprised at my transportaion category becuase I drive to a lot of places and some of them I’m able to walk to the place. I am going to lower my carbon footprint by walking to paces that are close to my house so i pollute less.

Even though my carbon footprint is much lower than the average carbon footprint for California, USA at 4517 kg vs. 9728 kg, I was shocked when I saw that it was almost 1000 kg more than the world average. What stung me even more was the fact that this year I still haven’t even been on a plane ( I fly to Asia once a year, there and back) and it was still higher than the world average. I expected it be about the same.

That really makes me think about how I as an individual can cut down on my carbon emissions. There are some things I need and can’t stop using, such as food and water, but I can still TRY to walk more when I can, and use the heater less during the winter. I guess I can also reduce electricity at home when I turn off the lights as I leave a room and turn the computer off when I’m not using it.

As I have been reading posts from people around the world I am realizing how big of a difference the US and more specifically California has at releasing CO2. As I have been thinking about it, the more I am wondering why? People around the world are trying to change the way they act when they only have 5000 kg! I have a very high score (12000) and I have no idea how to change it so I will at least be a little lower than California’s!