Your carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused both directly and indirectly by your activities—and this includes all the things you buy, use, and consume. Every person, organization, product, and event has a carbon footprint. Typically a person’s carbon footprint is represented as the sum total of all of their direct and indirect carbon emissions over the course of a year.
The smaller your carbon footprint, the better for the planet and the future. A bigger footprint means that your activities release more greenhouse gasses and had a bigger negative impact on the environment.