What impact does your family’s lifestyle have on the earth? Find out by using the Carbon Footprint Calculator for Kids. You’ll be asked simple questions about what you eat, what you use, and what you throw away. The calculator will tell you how much land, trees, water, and carbon are used to support your lifestyle.
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One of the coolest features is that you can compare your footprint with the footprint of kids in other countries. See how you compare to kids in China or India – you will be amazed at the difference!
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Spend a little more time and take the test again, to see what would happen if you made some changes in your habits. I found out that by using fluorescent light bulbs (the spiral kind), drying my clothes outside, and getting rid of my magazine subscription (I can read it online instead) I could reduce my carbon footprint by 1/2 tonne of CO2 per year!
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Give it a try and tell us your results. How did you feel when you got your score?
(PS: 1 tonne = 2205 lbs. I had to look that one up!)
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Oh man, that plane I took to DC last month did my footprint in! I went from a 7.4 to a 10. Does anyone else feel like that calculator didn’t include everything? What about air conditioning? Here in Texas running the AC all the time is a major energy drain. We try to use AC as little as we can and use our fans instead.
Ya Same in dubai we use th AC way too much as its so hot here i will try to cut down and to persuade my friends to cut down. hope u reply see ya! 🙂
Hey Conor,
It’s great to hear from you in Dubai! I’m sure it’s much hotter than Texas there, and using the AC is a big contributor to the carbon footprint. Let us know if you think of creative ways to reduce your footprint!
cool website
sensational. this is really great
its so sad how large the carbon footprint of usa is
Hi everyone!
This site is great and has a lot of good info. The footprint of USA is a bit sad but oh well.
Here in dubai i hope to improve my carbon footprint and some of my friends 🙂
what is the averege kids carbon footpring in comparison with an adults?
Hey Matteo, that is a great question! Many times carbon footprint is calculated for a whole family (since they all live together in the same house). But I do know kids are often the ones who motivate their families to be more environmentally-minded.
Does anyone else have kids vs adults results?
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koolio from mc joe 🙂 carbon footprints and man yo 🙂 lol
How do you calculate the footprint???????
Follow the link to http://calc.zerofootprint.net/youth/ and then click on the purple button that says “Get started!” I hope you learn something interesting!
dunno does anyone else no
yo this site is off the his house wooow i got an exam on this stuff i might get an a awsome
lols just kidding about the exam but this place rocks
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hello dudes! this website is totally sick bruv im on it every daay and every night!!! i love it so much!!
And bookmarked! I’ll definitely come back to your site more often from now on.
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thanks for the info
helping for school.
yeah i will definateley cut down on some things lol 🙂
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