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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Water Collections
Conserving water is very crucial to the existence of our earth and we need to limit our excess use of water and have systems that collect water. At Bishop O'Dowd we have a drainage system that collects into a big container that is later used fuel our toilets throughout the school. Since fresh water is approximately three percent of the earths water source, we need to conserve all that we have and use it efficiently and effectively.