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
when I completed my carbon footprint calculator I got 10,397kgs. I was above the average of 9,700kgs. The area where I did the worse was at home. I had around 6,454kgs compared to the 3,757kgs average. I think it is so high because of my house's air conditioning and heating. according to the NREL, 1,950 million tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere annually. It contributes to 3.94% of global greenhouse gas emissions.