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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Ways to Reduce carbon footprint
A few tips on how to reduce carbon footprint are to turn off lights when not being used. I know I can say I like to leave lights on even when I'm not using them. Another thing you can do is eat more food that is grown or made locally and less red meat. Purchasing food from farm markets will really help reduce your footprint. Another tip is to use alternative transportation such as bus, train, carpool, or bike to get to work at least one time a day per week. That will also really help reduce it as well.
One thing I tend to do is use the same electronic devices I've been using for years now. I walk to places, rather than drive as of now. Any small change makes a difference in terms of large-scale activities.