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Agriculture accounts for 9% of our nation's total emissions. Meat production accounts for the extreme majority of that 9%.

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A super simple and easy way to reduce your carbon footprint in relation to food is Meatless Mondays. Every Monday, go vegetarian and say no to meat. Your impact at first will be small, but over the years it will add up.

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By turning off running water while you are washing dishes or brushing your teeth, you could potentially save six liters of water per minute. Also since the average shower is 8 minutes long and 2.5 gallons of water are used each minute, it would be better to either take a bath or use your timer to see  how long your showers are so that overall to reduce the amount of water you use.

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By adding a water butt to your drainpipe  and use it it to wash your car,  water your plants, etc. Doing this will allow the water butt to collect 5,000 liters of water a year!

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These percentages can change in time due to newer generations being more cautious about our environment. By reducing the water usage it helps to reduce pollution and  it helps conserve fuel resources.

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The average passenger vehicle emits 411 grams of carbon dioxide per mile. By riding a bike to school and back you can reduce your carbon footprint by 4110 every time I need to travel to school. Since on an average day I drive around 60 miles and 10 of those are to school and back, I would be reducing my footprint by 12.5%. This would prevent around one million grams of carbon dioxide from being released into the air.

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If riding a bike is not an option, picking the right vehicle for the job. For daily driving, electric or hybrid cars would be the best for reducing the carbon footprint. However, riding a bicycle will not emit any carbon dioxide.

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Reducing your energy usage can actually help cut down the emissions from power plants.
There are simples ways that we can easily do this in all of our households.

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Easily, we can reduce power by shutting off unused lights in the house, and unplugging any unnecessary electronics. This mean unplugging appliances such as microwaves and toasters when not being used. especially in this winter season, this means space heaters as well.
This one may be a little extreme, but installing solar panels on roofs of home will also help with environmental energy exhaustion.
Energy companies actually give discounts on households who decide to install.
Even switching out your existing light bulbs to LEDs. Speaking of switching to energy efficient electronics, you can even try to buy larger appliances that have the energy star logo on them .  Products with these logos are actually recognized by the EPA and have been proven to save YOU money , and the environment from potential exhaust.

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How can these small changes make a bigger impact?

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How can these small changes make a bigger impact?

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Reducing our use of energy can actually lower power plant emissions. What does this mean? This is the deterioration of our fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. The emissions from the burning at these plants actually release dangerous chemicals into the air such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other harmful pollutants.
If each of our households were to contribute in someway to reduces our energy use, this will benefit the air we breathe and the planet we live on.
If you think about it in the long run, it will put less of a dent on your wallet, and especially our planet.

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A very simple way people can reduce their energy usage is by sharing rides whenever they can or using alternative transportation methods. Carpooling reduces carbon emissions, saves money, reduces traffic congestion, and can be very fun! Most people have roommates, family, or even friends that would be happy to do simple things like errands and grocery shopping together. If people could  understand the amount of energy is wasted when we use our cars then even just the simple task of riding along with someone a couple times a week could greatly reduce the amount of energy we use.

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A few fun and easy thing to do is carpool new places such as a local farmers market on the weekend so you do not spend money on processed foods that hurt the environment. Make a day with your friends by driving to a local market on the weekends and spend the time looking through all the booths and wonderful locally grown food.

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However you decide to reduce your footprint and to whatever degree, be sure to do something. Eat less meat, take shorter showers, or take the bus; just do something. Our window to avoid climate disaster grows smaller every day and it is up to us whether we rise to the occasion or allow despair to win. We can be remembered as either the generation that saved humanity or the generation that destroyed it. Ask yourself which you would prefer.

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The Department for Environment informed that an average of 300 to 700 plastic bags pass through the hands of a US citizen in just one year. Instead of using supermarket plastic bags use your own ones to pack what you bought. Keep a bunch of extra bags in your car in case they are needed.

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The EPA estimates over 23% of items reaching US landfills are food storage containers or single-use food packaging. Therefore, in order to provide better storage for your food, extend its life and keep food fresh one should use reusable containers. Invest in quality airtight containers for thinks like baking ingredients, cereal and other products that can dry quickly. This technique is more useful if you buy products at farmer's markets.

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Even if washing the dishes is not an activity liked, the waste created by paper plates and plastic utensils isn’t worth it. Stop resorting to paper and plastic. Tons of plastic debris are discarded every year, everywhere, polluting lands, rivers, coasts, beaches, and oceans. Most of this plastic products take years before they disappear and end up harming the ocean and wild life.