Daily activities leave a carbon footprint. This means our lifestyle choices may increase the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere and contribute to global warming. You already know that driving cars, heating and cooling houses, and using electricity increases carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) emissions. Another inconvenient truth is that your food choices and physical activity patterns could also have an impact.
Healthy Lifestyle Footprinting helps assess your contribution to greenhouse gas emission. It can also help you learn how your food and physical activity choices can affect your environment.
The map combines participants’ impact and tracks positive changes to the carbon footprint by state. States will be shaded based on the following color scheme:
Most pounds of carbon saved (ie, highly reduced footprint)
Average
Least pounds of carbon saved (ie, little or no reduction in footprint)