Currently, in order to reduce our carbon footprint, we have made severl changes in our family. I take public transportation to work. I will be walking the mile to the station now that the weather is getting to be nice. My daughter does the same to go to college. My partner drives to work, since it is close to home and he works hours that public transportation isn't available. We have installed programmable thermostats, and have switched out the majority of our lightbulbs to compact fluorescents (a currently progressing project). We do our best to spend our money in our neighborhood. Our grocer is a local store providing locally grown produce and organic products (although a small amount of our necessities do have to come from a supermarket). Once I figure out a way to transport the groceries effectively, I will walk to do that.
We walk to the local diner for breakfast on the weekends, and to many other businesses as well. We love that there are so many things, simple things, that we can do to make a difference.
