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 >
water usage
I am completely shocked at how badly my showers can affect my carbon footprint. After answering these questions and seeing my carbon footprint get larger i definitely will be more aware, was anyone else's highest issue their water usage?!?
My water usage was somewhat high. I did not really mind it until I saw this post.I agree with this post that we should definitely decrease our shower use. For example not taking a shower every single day but maybe every other day or not leaving the water running for so log and or decreasing shower time. Our shower water runs into the sewers. This could definitely cause clogage with our sewer pipes. Therefore we should definitely decrease our shower usage and make accommodations within our daily routines before our city ends up flooded. NO telling how much water is in our sewers at the current moment.