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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Student footprints
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
I think schools in more developed areas probably release more carbon than other public schools in the globe because children from more developed areas often have phones or drive with parents to school instead of the bus compared to less devoloped areas where students in the schools that probably don't have as much access to things that release co2. I think probably I could reduce my co2 output by trying to go on less trips per year and use electric vehicles, although this is not a complete solution because the factories for the electric cars still release co2 but it is still a better alternative to gas powered cars which are very bad for the atmosphere. the amount of co2 I released just due to traveling was around 26,000 kg which is a massive amount especially compared to the average.