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 >
Carbon Footprints
I have examined the Carbon Footprints of my fellow Matadors and it is very concerning. Some of my fellow Matadors have a carbon footprint well above fifty thousand. This is more than tenfold the global average. This is scary because if this continues our greenhouse gas emissions could lead to our world overheating and eventually cause the extinction of all living things on Earth.