Our carbon footprint per person is ~21 tons of CO2 equivalent per year, which is better than the average in Fairfield for an equivalent home, but still too high. 

For sustainability, the global per capital carbon footprint needs to be 2 tons/…. Today’s global average is 4 tons/….  

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 

I would urge all of you to calculate your carbon footprint. It will guide u as yo what are the most impactful things u can do. 

With solar panels, about half of of our electricity comes from solar.  Even with that, we are only 2% better than an equivalent average household in Fairfield.  This means that our energy consumption is quite high. Will try and go deeper into why that is the case by doing an energy audit. 

An area of opportunity for us is getting electric cars since both our cars today are old and the mini van is a gas guzzler. 

Our pesciterian diet helps keep our carbon footprint lower than the average.  We r trying to become vegetarians in the near future which will help even further. 

I want to improve my indoor water usage, such as showering, brushing teeth, washing my face and hands. One tip the calculator showed was to collect water in a bucket as you wait for the water to heat up and then using this water to water plants/wash dishes/etc. 

Additionally - I was shocked to see my gal/day score shoot up as soon as I hit meateater in the test. My gal/day went from 644 to 1299. I may try a 5 day no meat challenge to see how I can do in that area.