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?
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What Can We Do?
Through looking at the map, we can see that the average carbon footprint in America, is drastically different, and larger, than those in other places around the world. It might be explained by our more populated and developed areas, but the difference shouldn’t be this drastic. What should we as students be doing to make an impact young, and start bringing awareness now?