Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
Student Footprints >
My carbon footprint
The calculator showed that I had a lower-than-average carbon footprint, I think that electricity and transportation was majority of it. I have to go to school 4 days a week and back home for the week. It is about a 10 - 15 mile car ride which is around 60 miles. For my electricity at home we usually have the lights on almost all day, our parents tell us to turn them off but most of the time we forget to turn it off.