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I feel like my carbon footprint reflects my community/country, because Americans tend to have larger carbon footprints than most other countries, due to multiple variables. It also doesn’t help a lot with the carbon mitigation plans, instead, my carbon footprint pushes it the other way.
My best guess to when my thinking was pushed in multiple directions started when I completed the carbon footprint calculator. Since my carbon footprint was more than the average person, I thought that I would have to find ways to lower my carbon footprint in the ways they suggested.
I’m still wondering about how I’m able to talk to my family about this. My brother isn’t always the nicest person in the world, and I’m really shy when we’re talking about school. I’m also thinking about the smaller details that led to a larger carbon footprint. How much gas does it take to travel from school to home? From my dance lessons to home? How much water does the dishwasher and clothes washer use? What about the AC?
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Hello, Sophia! I believe there is a dichotomy in the carbon footprints of your country, the United States, and mine, Costa Rica. On the one hand, the US continuously dives into practices that further enlarge the carbon emission numbers. And, on the other hand, my small Central American nation strives to become carbon neutral. However, how come small countries are the ones to mitigate the climate crisis as mighty nations continue their unsustainable practices?
I wish you the best in your emission lowering efforts. I hope you start a wave of change in the people around you as well; perhaps, begin a movement in your whole country.
Best,
Mariana, San José, Costa Rica
Mariana Lara
Nov 9, 2020