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 (NC, USA)
My name is Isabella. I am 17 years old and from the United States. My total carbon footprint was 13,606 kilograms which was below average for my region which is 15,918 kilograms. The majority of my carbon footprint is from transportation, which was 6,586 kilograms. It was above average for my region which was 4,184 kilograms. Not much surprised me with my results. I knew that the majority of my footprint would be from transportation because I drive all of the time. To decrease my carbon footprint in the future, I could most definitely not drive all of the time when I’m bored.