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 >
Carbon Footprint (North Carolina, USA)
My name is Deb, I am 17 years old and live in Mooresville, North Carolina in the United States. My total carbon footprint is 11306. This number was slightly lower than the average in my region. The majority of my carbon footprint came from home and transportation. I think my number was lower because I travel less than the average person in my region. I was surprised because I thought that my number was going to be a higher. To decrease the total footprint number in the future, we can switch to more energy efficent things, such as power saving lightbulbs.
Your total footprint is higher than mine, good job. Keep up the good work. It definitely helps your score when you don't travel as much or use more energy efficient things.