My footprint reduced down to 4.21 earths. My carbon footprint is still really high because I haven't moved yet, so I still live about an hour away. I know once I move, this will reduce my carbon footprint. But I can't fix it right away. I could also work on recycling more. I have kept things longer than I normally would have (one of my goals) but I could still do better when it comes to recycling glass and plastics. The hardest part is finding the bins. Sometimes they are so inconvenient to find- and its just way easier and faster to throw them in the trash can.
Even though I have done a lot to reduce my footprint, I know a large factor of my reduction is due to the fact that I didn't know that many of things I was doing counted as being sustainable. Since this class I have learned that the lights I have are LCD, that washing my hair every other day means using less water. There are many things I've done in the past, and things I currently do that I was doing for one reason (like how washing your hair everyday is actually bad for you)
and it turns out is sustainable. So it's a win-win.
A new goal for myself is to stop being so lazy. I need to just recycle more. There is no good reason not to.
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