The home factor was the highest in my carbon footprint, and though that was mostly due to the lights in my house, I know that some of that was due to water heating. I like to take to take hot showers, and they tend to be on the longer side. Besides taking shorter showers, another way to reduce the energy used to heat the water used in my showers is to use solar water heaters.

Solar water heaters use sun as their fuel, so they are energy-saving as well as cost-efficient. Sunlight is used to heat water that is then supplied to the house by a pump. Solar water heaters are a great idea for those, like me, who like long, hot showers!

I think a big reason why green products are not very cheap and accessible right now may be because companies do not support the making of green products. Listed in the link below are the top 10 companies that support the making of eco-friendly products. Among the top 10 companies include Office Depot, Sprint, and Microsoft. These companies encourage their employees to reduce their carbon footprint by giving them incentives to limit unnecessary travel or by refusing to buy supplies from companies who contribute to deforestation. Sprint encourages recycling by giving consumer credits to customers who recycle their old phones before buying new ones. I think that green products can be made more affordable and accessible if we support the companies listed in the link below as well as other green companies. These companies can then become the example for others to begin making green products. If all companies made eco-friendly products, then not only would green products be available to everyone, but the environment will also benefit as a result.

Hi, I am Troy from USA California. Before taking this survey to show what my carbon footprint was, I definately thought that I would be below average or maybe even average. After completing the survey I learned that i was a solid amount above average. All in all it just shows me that i need to change my habits, and i will be able to help the world.

Hi guys! I’m Kelsey from the USA and after taking the carbon footprint test I found out that I have a smaller footprint than average for my area. I had 7420 kg of CO2 and the average around here is 9727 kg of CO2. The only section that I was over the average was in food, but that is only by 93 kg. My results are as follows:

transportation: 1414 kg (me) 2557 kg (average)
home: 3237 kg (me) 3757 (average)
food: 2316 kg (me) 2223 (average)
purchases: 453 kg (me) 1191 kg (average)

My amounts of carbon is lower because I rarely fly, I recycle a lot, I live very close to school, and I also wear a lot of thrift clothes.

Hi, I am Caroline from Texas! I noticed that the American citizens tend to have higher carbon footprint than any other country. It is very sad and I think that there is much more that we can do to make America more environmentally friendly. On average, about 17,321 billion plastic bottles are sold in Texas each year. Not even a quarter out of all of those plastic bottles are actually recycled. That means that more than 75% of the plastic bottles are thrown into landfills. We must recycle as often as possible. We are only hurting ourselves and the future generations. Doing the right thing is always appreciated.

When calculating my carbon footprint and I saw that food was one of the catagories I thoght that it would be one of my highest caclulations. In fact, it was my lowest. I thought that it would have been much higher. I did not realize however that the food I ate could have an impact on the environment. There are four people in my family so I realized that since everyone has to eat there is a lot of carbon emissions coming from food.

Living in California, I see many different kinds of cities. There are huge urban centers like LA and San Francisco but also small farming and mining towns. To create a sustainable city, I think one must think of what makes both of those places enjoyable but also sustainable. For something to be both liveable and “green” you must take many ideas and put them all together. My city would be one with plenty of parks for the public to get away from urban life, and a priority on public transit. If the people have access to mass transportation and the city builds bike lanes throughout the streets, they will be less encouraged to drive cars and release more emissions. My city would promote solar energy on all buildings, and have all construction projects be LEED certified as low energy and low waste. Some buildings could even have gardens or “living roofs” on their roof such as the City Hall of Chicago. The grocery stores would cooperate directly with local farms instead of large corporations for meat and produce and host farmers markets on the weekends. Finally, the city will actively participate in activities to get the public interested in new ideas. The city can host marathons (for if the people exercise, chances are they’ll want to start eating healthy) and festivals that promote eco-friendliness and carbon cutting practices.

Although my carbon footprint was a lot lower than the average, it is still a lot higher than I expected it to be and it was highest in the home section. I wanted to try and figure out some ways that we could reduce our carbon footprint without giving too much effort. After researching a bit, I found a few websites that gave very good ideas on how to lower your carbon footprint. My family and I have already taken some major steps into lowering our carbon footprint based on the results of my calculation. For example, we are now leaning towards homemade and evironmentally friendly cleaning products and also have started turning off lights after we leave the room more often. I think if we keep going with our changes, we can make a difference in our environment. Also, if every family attempts to make the changes we did, we could all make our earth a lot cleaner.

Energy efficiency is a major theme these days. Some people try to be as efficient as possible. If I had my own home I would try to limit my use of the AC and heater because in my house now we use our AC pretty much all the time when it’s hot and when it’s cold outside we use the heater. I would try to live as close to my work or school so that I could either walk or ride a bike to where I need to be. I would try to live in the place which is closest to the places that I most need to go to. I think that things like this should be what goes through many peoples minds when they are considering where to live.

Hi guys, I am Jason Wang from Dominican International School. I lived in Taiwan. I was very shock after my carbon footprint is higher than the averages. My carbon footprint isn’t really high, but I was surprise it is higher than the average due to my simple lifestyle. I think my transportation footprint is higher than usual, because I travel by bus four times every day and I travel by airplanes and car a lot. Home, food, purchases footprint of me are not much for me. I eat lots of vegetables, doesn’t use a lot of air-conditioner, and like to save money. I think I can improve my carbon footprints by travel less in cars and walk more, also as well as other things like recycle, conserve energy…etc.