A couple of weeks ago I used a carbon footprint calculator just to see how environmentally awful I am. It said if everyone lived like me, we'd need 2.7 earths. I was SHOCKED. Then I realized I'd done the calculations for my household (me + a husband + a miniature dachshund) so maybe it's not so bad.... but it's still more than one earth per person so it's too much. I've been wanting to try to reduce my impact, but I'm not quite sure how. I'm going to blog my changes - and I welcome feedback. And let's see if my family can be just a little greener.
Here's what we're starting out with:
We rent a studio-ish one bedroom
We own a car, but we both take public transportation to work
We drive about 10,000 miles a year
We recycle - mostly
We have LOTS of electronics, which are always plugged in
I'm veg*n, he's an omnivore
We get the majority of our produce from a CSA group
We use lots and lots of plastic bags
This being summer, the air conditioner is on full blast most of the time
Obviously, we're doing some things right, but there are many other things we can improve on - and this is only what I can think of now. Time to get to work.
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