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 footprint
My footprint was lower than the average person's. The main thing that cut down my carbon emissions was travel. The last year, I haven't been on a flight, and I take the bus to school every day. An average person takes 3.5 flights annually, adding more than 2500 carbon emissions. Taking the bus daily also cuts down to only 10 percent of Californians walking or taking public transportation daily.