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How big is your Carbon Footprint?

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GrannyMacawell Thu 04-Nov-21 18:26:54

using the WWF calculator mine is 8.8...I would like to get it lower !

footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/

MayBee70 Sun 07-Nov-21 22:32:09

Done it again. Still over 100. Looked at all of the tips and I do all of them anyway. Except cycling! I can’t ride a bike.

Lizzie72 Mon 08-Nov-21 02:22:30

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absent Mon 08-Nov-21 04:18:04

Couldn't do it as it is UK based.

Pantglas2 Mon 08-Nov-21 06:45:06

Your figures do seem overly high Maybee - I’ve just done mine and they come in a lot lower than I expected given the flying I’ve done this year!

93% 9.75 on the scales

28% Home - 2bed,DG, condensing boiler, loft, floor, cavity ins

17% Food - local meat/fish/veg - no waste/takeaways

20% Stuff - old phones, tv, daughter’s cast off IPads

35% Travel - 3 European flights (offset), small car 3k m pa, walk, bus and train where possible

Apart from flights (which I’ll stop when the great and the good stop) I cant see where I can make any adjustments - the cost of an electric car or air/ground heating will have to plummet before I get on board!

Katie59 Mon 08-Nov-21 07:58:15

7.06 tons / 68% of target which is higher than expected, on the other hand because there have been no flights in the last couple of years might have been higher.

multicolourswapshop Mon 08-Nov-21 08:30:43

I’ve no idea
How do I get a reading?
I’m now going around switching lights off if not needed.
This house and local authority is good at recycling and getting better every day
I no longer run the water in the bathroom until it gets hot or run it while brushing my teeth.
I’m trying or at least my husband says I’m trying very trying grin