Out of 10, my carbon footprint is 6.725, which is really high comparing to what i have expected.
daily commute almost 0.93/10| long distance travel 2.5/10 |food 2.4/10 | home 0.84/10
Daily commute : I believe 0.93 is reasonable because i always commute to school by translink’s bus and skytrain. On campus, I always walk rather than bike, even though both do not emit carbon dioxide.
Long distance travel: during the summer, i would likely to travel around, such as going to US for a couple of days, or travel to Asia countries such as Hong Kong and China, to do sightseeing. The most efficient and direct way is by plane, and so that’s why i believe this categlory has a high index among the others.
Food: To be honest, i didn’t realize the amount of food i consumed have relation to carbon emissio because of the production process. Now when i think about it, it is very true, considering all those intermediate steps such as raw materials extraction and processing, packaging, transporting to various location, all involve the use of transportation and machineries from the origin to customers’ home. For sure there are ways to reduce my emissions at food. I believe i should eat less snacks, not only because of consideration of my health, but also the possible carbon emissions within production processes, and the cleaning process that transfer the garbage to landfill.
Home: In constract, expense at home such as electricity and water boiling are far more less than what i expected. But i believe the amount of water i usually use can be reduce as sometimes i think i leave the tap open when i am brushing my teeth. For electricity, i try to work efficiently to reduce the time i have to spend on computer and to recharge bettery, but it is indeed a difficult process as computer is my main source of information and communication to others (not to family…).
I do have the determination to reduce carbon footprint and energy usage, but it is very hard to reduce it all in a sudden due to efficiency purpose and routine. But knowing my carbon footprint would be a good step to initiate my reduction on carbon emition, at least i would remind myself to reduce 6.7/10 down to under 5 if possible.
If you want to find out your carbon footprint, try the link below: