Carbon Footprint Calculator

What's Your Impact on the Planet?

Your carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (primarily carbon dioxide) emitted due to your lifestyle. This calculator provides a simplified estimate of your annual footprint by analyzing three key areas: your home energy consumption, your transportation habits, and your diet. Understanding your impact is the first and most crucial step toward reducing it and contributing to a more sustainable future.

How to Estimate Your Footprint

This simplified calculator gives you a snapshot based on a few key inputs:

1. Home Energy: Enter your average monthly electricity consumption in kilowatt-hours (kWh), which you can find on your utility bill.
2. Transportation: Estimate the total distance you travel by car and by plane each year.
3. Diet: Select the dietary pattern that best describes your eating habits. Meat production, especially beef, has a significantly higher carbon footprint than plant-based foods.

The calculator will estimate your annual carbon footprint in tonnes of CO2 equivalent and compare it to the global average.

Why This Matters

• Identify Your Hotspots: The calculator quickly shows you which part of your lifestyle—travel, energy, or food—contributes the most to your emissions.
• Inspire Action: Seeing the numbers can motivate meaningful changes, like reducing electricity use, driving less, or shifting to a more plant-based diet.
• Personal Responsibility: It empowers you to take ownership of your environmental impact, transforming a global problem into actionable, personal steps.