When I first took the footprint calculator evaluation, it was determined that if everyone lived like me, we would need 4 Earths. Obviously, that was not very reassuring. I needed to evaluate some of the sacrifices I could make to lower my carbon footprint. The quickest thing I could think of would be to give up red meat, as animal and animal product consumption accounts for a significant portion of environmental issues. I also thought that I could make an effort to carpool more and use public transportation, as my Mercury Mountaineer has terrible mileage and greatly contributes to my emission rate. Additionally, I could limit my shower time to under ten minutes. After adjusting my information for these changes, my new result indicated that we would need 2.5 Earths to sustain people like me. A somewhat more reassuring estimate, but the result I obtained from the Nature Conservancy was even more so. According to my data input, My CO2 emission rate is 29% better than average for the area I live in. Although that is not much, at least my emission rate is not worse.