Green Living: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

If you’ve made a decision to experience green living, you might already be thinking about your carbon footprint. If you’re not yet sure what that is, it’s time to learn. You can also learn about the simple things you can do every day to reduce your carbon footprint. Reducing your carbon footprint can help you save money and also help you go green and be more energy efficient.

Your carbon footprint is the calculation of how much CO2 you produce. There are carbon footprint calculators found online that can help you determine exactly how much you are producing with your daily activities.

Different activities will increase your carbon footprint more than others. The things you can do to reduce your footprint will make you more energy efficient. For example, learning to be more energy efficient in your home will reduce your carbon footprint. You can do this by turning off lights when you leave a room, switching to more energy efficient lighting, unplugging appliances when they are not being used and more.

In addition to every day steps you can take, there are also more permanent things you can do to help reduce your carbon footprint. You can insulate your home, buy organic produce and other foods, walk when you can instead of driving, recycle grey water, avoid over packaging when you shop and use energy-saving settings on your computer. These are all important ways of reducing your carbon footprint.

While not every method is available to every person out there, you will see that there are enough options that you can choose the ones that work for you. Even the smallest changes can make a big difference in your life and in the environment.

Here are some more things you can do if you are concerned with your carbon footprint:

• Replace older appliances with new ones that are more energy efficient
• Buy items with an Energy Star rating
• Wait for a full load of dishes or clothing before you wash to conserve water and energy
• Unplug your cell phone right when charging is complete
• Turn down central heating by just a couple degrees
• Turn down your hot water heater by a couple degrees
• Insulate your hot water heater
• Buy products closer to where you live
• Use reusable shopping bags
• Carpool when you can
• Use a train instead of plane when possible

When you follow these tips, you are reducing your carbon footprint and essentially helping the future of the earth. Green living also has direct benefits to you in the sense that you can save money and feel good about doing your part.

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