HOW TO Reduce your environmental impact
01 KNOW YOURSELF
Before you can make improvements to your carbon footprint, you need to know how big that footprint is. When you first run Eevie, it’ll ask you to help it calculate your carbon footprint by answering a few simple questions.
02 COMPARE WITH OTHERS
One of the things Eevie can tell you is how your carbon footprint compares with other people near you, and to do that it needs to know where you are. Tell the app which country you live in and then swipe for the next question.
03 SHARE YOUR SIZE
You’ll need to know roughly how big your home is in order to calculate part of your carbon footprint. The floor space of the average new home in Australia is currently 186 square metres.
04 MARK YOUR MILEAGE
Car travel is a big contributor to your carbon footprint, so it’s important to be honest here. The average Australian motorist drives up to 13,000 kilometres per year. Eevie’s assuming you have a petrol or diesel car.
05 DESCRIBE YOUR DIET
If you aren’t vegan, your dinner could be a surprisingly large contributor to your carbon footprint – and cutting down on your meat intake is the kind of lifestyle change that’s not just good for the planet but good for you too.
06 DISCOVER YOUR IMPACT
When you’ve answered all the questions, Eevie will show your estimated annual carbon footprint. It’ll show you which parts of your life are having the biggest impact, and tell you how you compare to the national average.
07 MAKE THE CHANGES
Eevie will now ask you to pick which changes you’d like to make and monitor. For example, you might decide that you need to turn off your smart lights rather than leave them on standby, or drive the car less, or eat less red meat.
08 TRACK YOUR HABITS
Once you’ve selected the things you’d like to change, Eevie will ask you to check in each day to record your progress and track your carbon reduction. If you enable notifications, it can also send you reminders.
09 PAY IT BACK
You can offset your carbon emissions by planting trees. Your first offset is free in exchange for inviting someone else to use the app; you can then buy points you can spend on tree-planting projects worldwide.