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
I noticed that my traveling heavily impacted my carbon emissions. My carbon footprint before travel was added was around 7,000, but traveling added around 5,000 which is almost as much my total from all the other categories combined. This shows how impactful and damaging flying can be to our environment and how it is important to be mindful of this when going places. The average person takes about 6.5 flights per year which is almost 6,500 emissions of carbon a year per person, and takes its toll on Earth. https://www.news24.com/news24/around-th … r-20180828