Test Your Carbon Footprint & Find Out What Our Score Is

We found the best place to take a carbon footprint test. This site asks the best questions that can really give an accurate score. Taking a carbon footprint test can help you determine if and how you can reduce your impact on the earth by reducing your carbon emissions.

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We live in a 3 bedroom house with 2 adults and 2 children (the test only asks for adults though.) We have two cars and we have only flown once in the past 5 years but I said that we fly once a year because there was no option for once every 2 years. My husband never turns off his monitors or computers and we don’t unplug our appliances (i.e. stereos, etc.) Our score is 316 which is equivalent to 12 tons of carbon emissions. Wow! 12 tons! I can’t believe we use that much (but it would probably be lower if I didn’t choose the fly every year option because that made the number jump about 40 points.) The average score in America is 325; the average score in Canada is 306.

I ask my husband to turn off his computer and monitors all the time but I won’t win that one. I guess we’re doing pretty good considering that we also have two children in the house and we are here all day. My husband works from home so our home also runs an office. I’d love to use CFL lightbulbs but the curly ones don’t fit into some of our light fixtures because of the light covers and others they stick out the top…sorry, but I have to choose fashion over greeness on the light bulb subject.

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