Our “Bigfoot” Print

   To say the least it is a bit overwhelming, slightly intimidating, and mildly confusing when a person starts to explore the web for information on how does a regular person try to reduce their carbon footprint and build a better earth- print. As you can see our carbon footprint is HUGE, “Bigfoot” size! When I take stock of my family’s (that would be Carter and I’s) contribution to a greener planet it occurs to me that so far it consists of recycling through our community.  It’s a start, but not much of one.  It became evident to us, that recycling is just not enough. Although it does make an impact, there has to be more that regular suburbanites can do. So, Carter and I, my daughter and her husband, along with my sister’s family have decided to start using less toxic products, reducing, reusing, rethinking and recycling more, eating healthier foods, among other things that we will learn as we take this journey.  Along the way, we will also be taking more time to appreciate the beauty of our everyday earth. This web site will allow us to share this venture with you folks, give our thoughts on the things we are doing, eating, using etc. and get input from others, to help us, as we try to help ourselves and maybe others, become better stewards of this beautiful planet.  Like my beautiful daughter and her husband, Katie and Martin, we filled out the questions required to determine our Carbon Footprint. Our footprint is monsterous, lets just say it’s “bigfoot” size, boy do we have a long way to go! We are commited to reducing our footprint, we would love to have you follow along with us on our journey.

Our "Bigfoot" Carbon Footprint