Taking on climate change at home: how you can cut carbon emissions

Feeling green? Read or listen to this story from NPR’s Life Kit. If you'd like to do something to slow down climate change, even if it's just a small thing, you can get started in your own apartment or house.

Homes and commercial buildings account for about a third of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, because it takes energy to heat and cool them and to power all the gadgets we've got plugged in.