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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My Carbon Footprint
When I completed my carbon footprint calculator, it came out at 10,053 kg. The average being 9,700, I was slightly above average. I was doing very well and under average until transportation came around. I was doing well in that even, until plane rides came around. I generally travel a pretty decent amount, so it wasn't that much of a surprise for me. According to ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-aviation, plane rides account for 2.5-3.5% of our CO2 output yearly. This can illustrate to us how big of a factor planes have on our ecosystem and atmosphere when they burn their fuel. Unfortunately, this is one of the only ways to travel long distances today, so hopefully in the future will find a way to reduce most of the carbon being dispersed, or instead find a renewable carbon-neutral form of long travel.