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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Student emissions vs. Celebrities
This year the average CO2 emissions for students in this class was about 13,815 kg which is about 15.2 tons. This is a huge contrast to the average CO2 emissions from the celebrities who had the most last year which was an average of 7450.5 tons. This is more then 100 times our average CO2 emissions and the average American who is estimated to emit about 16 tons of CO2 a year. One of the main reasons that celebrities have such a high carbon footprint is because of the way that they transport themselves. They use vehicles like private jets and this has an extreme impact of how much CO2 they emit. To help decrease the amount of CO2 you emit you can do things like carpooling, taking the bus, walking, or riding your bike.