Everything that we do, we leave a carbon footprint like leaving footprints on the sand. Whether we eat, play or drive, CO2 is produced in the process of breathing, burning your car fuel and even the cooking of your food. Each of us leave a certain amount of carbons and we should focus on lowering it.
Before starting, you should find online carbon calculators. They help you in figuring out how much carbon are you actually producing in your daily life. From that estimate, you can start on cutting out some of the activities that leave a big amount of carbon footprints. The first thing you can do is replacing the light bulbs with compact florescent ones that uses less energy. While you are at that, turn of all unnecessary electric appliances that is not used. If you need to constantly use that appliance, make sure it has a high energy rating which in turn will save you a lot in the long run. Another method to follow are the 3 R's, reduce, reuse and recycle. It will helps in reducing your general waste output which affects the greenhouse gas emissions. Do try to save water as they are a precious resource that everyone tends to forget. Drink tap water rather than buying bottled water. Whenever you can, try to substitute the power source with a renewable green energy like solar panels or wind turbine. Being less reliant on traditional power sources helps in reducing your carbon emission. You can even buy offsets to help reduce your carbon emission. Offsets are resources or projects that you can help fund that will help in reducing carbon emission globally. By following these steps, you may not necessarily reach full carbon neutrality but at the very least you will lower your carbon emission in a huge amount.
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