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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Food Waste in Oceans
Recently a lot of our marine animals have been going extinct or coming close to this feat, and do you want to know why? Food waste, food is treated with many chemicals and when the food with those chemicals are dumped into the ocean, marine animals take part in eating them. When the animals eat this food they die because of all of the toxic chemicals in the food. We can change this by doing easy and simple tasks. We can reduce food waste by not overbuying food and eating all leftovers that are in our fridge or cabinets. Another way we can reduce food waste is by composting, it’s basic but it can happen, by composting it not only makes healthier growth for plants but it also can reduce the food waste that goes into the ocean and we can help take part in saving marine life.