What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint?

Question

List things you have done to reduce your impact on the world. Some call this your cabon footprint.

If wanted, explain why you are doing this.

Answer 1

Reduced driving.  Bought bikes, replaced our gas lawn mower with a Reel mower.(Push behind).

Am looking forward to the day we can live off the grid!

Answer 2

Whenever a bulb burns out at my house, I'm replacing it with CFL or LED bulbs. It's a simple, inexpensive thing to do and it saves money to boot-a win, win.

Answer 3

I recycle all the bottles and cans I consume. I get the cash refund from this too!!

I give old clothes to thrift stores.

I turn the lights off of every room I leave.

When a bulb dies, I replace it with an energy efficient one.

During the day I open all the blinds so I can read without using a light.

I recycle all of the plastic bags from the grocery stores. (I'm trying to get my mom to bring reusable bags to the store)

I use reusable drinking canteens.

I do this because I love this world, and I know that we make a difference. I want our air to be clean and the weather to not be so drastic. I want the seasons back to normal. I'm not really sure if I believe in global warming, but there is certainly nothing wrong with reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Answer 4

energy efficient lights

only drive where I need to

lower thermostat in winter

avoid using the AC in summer (most of the time)

installed 20 kw wind turbine to make clean energy

Answer 5

1. fitted heat insulation

2. cycle all short distances

3. fitted efficient light bulbs

4. recycle metal and paper

5. favor off peak time to use electricity

6. paying attention to food miles

7. give old clothes to charity

8. look to eat less meat

9. placed "no junk mail or newspapers" above the letter box

10. empty the bath water after it cools down

11. addvice other people

why: because i m don quixote

Answer 6

mnature

Let me start off by saying we (my family and I) live completely, 100% “off of the grid and are completely self sufficient”

The house is built utilizing natures natural elements, in the shape of an octagon with 8ft wide arch doors on every wall to catch every angle of wind (typical 4 sided homes have half the chance as one with 8 sides. A circle being the most efficient design). Woodburning stoves, solar chimney, solar AC, solar heating, solar water heating (pool and home), solar stove, solar power, wind power, hydrogen powered back up generator, hydrogen back up water heater, hydrogen stove, 2 hydrogen powered trucks, 1 EV (electric vehicle) and satellite internet.

We also built many green small cabins on the ranch that we offer to family, friends and our on-site off-grid workshop guests, including one straw bale, one papercrete, earth bag and adobe, one cob and cordwood, one underground and rammed earth, one log and post and beam and one rock. Each one actually started as a test for what the main house would be and were later finished and turned into guest cabins. I later wrote a guide on how to build with alternative materials using alternative methods for next to nothing.

We raise meat and milk goats, chickens for meat and eggs, ducks for meat and eggs, trap havilina (wild boar pig), rabbit, quail. brew our own beer from home grown products, preserve our fruits, vegetables, etc. smoke and jerky the meat, make our own soap, cheese.

There are no utility lines, no water lines, no roads, tv, cell service, etc. on our ranch. EVERYTHING needed is produced here. All electricity comes from 27 solar panels, 2 main wind gens and a back hydrogen generator if needed (typically we can last 9 days with all luxuries of sunless windless weather, hasn't happened yet). Water is caught and storaged from the rain. Hot water is made with solar batch water heaters with an on-demand hydrogen hot water heater as backup. Even our vehicles use alternative energy (2 hydrogen trucks, 1 EV electric vehicle converted). Because of this we have no bills, no debt and no mortgage.

Anyone interested can check it out at..

www agua-luna com

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

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