Calculate your carbon footprint

One of the topics in "Getting Greener: Progressive Ideas in the American South" is Better Living. This chapter includes many suggestions for how individuals can reduce their impact on the environment, from recycling to conserving water to composting.

A carbon calculator is available online through the "Inconvenient Truth" website on global climate change. The calculator allows you to determine how much carbon dioxide you produce as an individual each year by driving, flying, heating and cooling your house, and using electricity. To try the calculator, go to: Carbon Calculator
The national average is 7.5 tons per year, and you can determine whether you fall below, around, or above this average.

More suggestions for how to reduce your carbon footprint are available on the Take Action page.