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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Hello my name is Martina and I noticed that in Iceland the transportation is 4234 kg compared to the island maldivas that is 193 kg so the difference is 4041 kg. Compared to my foot print that is 11,684 kgs and I think because I travel a lot through plane per year like 4-5 times for around 10 hours in a plane, also every morning in the week I go to school for about 20 minutes and back. I think in the maldives the transportation is much lower in the maldives because the island is smaller and also they use a lot of boats like sailboats which do not emit CO2 and use fairies to get around. Many hotels in the maldives provide bicycles for the guests to get around.
Spanish:
Hola mi nombre es Martina y noté que en islandia el transporte es de 4234 kg comparado con la isla maldivas que es de 193 kg entonces la diferencia es de 4041 kg. En comparación con mi huella de pie, que es de 11.684 kg y creo que porque viajo mucho en avión al año, como 4 o 5 veces durante unas 10 horas en un avión, también todas las mañanas de la semana voy a la escuela durante unos 20 minutos y vuelvo. . Creo que en las maldivas el transporte es mucho menor en las maldivas porque la isla es más pequeña y también usan muchos barcos como veleros que no emiten CO2 y usan hadas para moverse. Muchos hoteles en las Maldivas ofrecen bicicletas para que los huéspedes se desplacen.