Hi my name is Jonathan and I’m from Texas.
I think the reason many people’s carbon footprint is so high is because there is nothing nearby for transportation to be any lower. So not very many people can change that. Fortunately for me, everything I need to get to is within 5 miles so that makes my transportation not high. If most communities had grocery stores or restaurants nearby, then the world carbon footprint would significantly decrease.

hi!
Because of where I live I have found it difficult to reduce my carbon footprint, transport. I live about 20 km away from the school and more than 20 km from almost every other place I need to be in order to go out with my friends or doing things that I need.
In the case of technology, the computer is almost essential in today’s society. Mobile phones are becoming always popular of the home phone based on the fact that they can found people when we need them. I think it would be very difficult to give up the phone.

my carbon footprint was around 8,000 and the majority of it was transportation, but I can’t really change any of my transportation because the activities I’m in require traveling long distances. So basically 75% of my carbon footprint is under the table.

Most of my life is “off the table” because I want to enjoy my life and fail to see any extra space that I can change things- my school is far away, most of the lights I use are in school and Im already a vegetarian. So yeah thats enough for me even though my carbon footprint is really at 37349

For me, my transportation is nearly impossible to reduce significantly because I live far away from my school and need to drive to school and back. Aside from changing schools or houses, nothing will affect this. Although I recognize that carpooling and driving a low mpg car can help, there is no way to get around that I have to drive the distance. I’m hoping that America’s public transportation system will soon be seriously revamped- and that the attitude about everyone driving individually will change. Giving up the comfort and privacy of my own car may be off the table, but if there were a viable public transportation alternative I would attempt to use it. Does anyone else need to drive long distances for regular life?

I think the fact that I take almost hour long showers contributed to me having 3006 kg in the home section. That area is definitely off the table because I like taking my time in the shower.

My carbon footprint for transportation was 8592 kg. It was the biggest factor because I have traveled by plane a lot this year. I need to go to Spain to visit my family. My food and purchases categories were on average.

Most of my life is “off the table” I don’t worry too much about my carbon footprint. All of my catagories in the carbon footprint are lower than the average for the US. Still I feel that I could reduce my use of electricity by turning off lights and stuff when I leave the room. Food was also a big one, but I like to eat meat so I doubt I will do anything to change that.

My carbon footprint was over 10400 kilograms. Transportation was the biggest factor for me. I think this is because I travel by plane a lot. I need to go to the East Coast about once a year to visit my family. My food and purchases categories are not very high because I do not eat and buy a lot.

Hi my name is Suvan and i am from California, USA and in 6th grade. My total carbon footprint was 1502 kilograms of CO2 and my biggest factor was food. My transportation was only 195 kg of CO2 because we have an electric car which we use most of the time. I was not completely sure which part of food was contributing the most to the total. We are vegetarian and compost all of our food. We also never buy from supermarkets because we get a local delivery. Can anyone help me on this?