3 ms·

I live in an energy-efficient appartment, drive less than 100km/month. I rarely buy clothes. I rarely buy tech stuff (except for a new phone every 3-4 years). I

• emn13 5y ago
  Don't forget food etc - even as a vegetarian, in Europe, you're likely to hit that 1.6 tons number just with food, or come close to it, at least as much as my google-foo tells me. Of course, these numbers are all quite hard to estimate, and particularly for animal products (which you don't consume!) include questionable factors like land-use changes - which are questionable not because they don't matter, but because of the remarkably optimistic assumption that land use change is driven by consumption, rather than driven by the low cost of said change for those actively doing it. But sure, it sounds like you've found a lifestyle that works for you and has at least considerably less impact, regardless of the exact number (and ignoring the exact number is likely wise anyhow). Great!