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 >
Bethanne's Carbon Footprint
Hello, my name is Bethanne. I am from Mooresville, North Carolina U.S.A and I am 14 years old. My total for my carbon footprint is 8,266 Kgs of CO2. Before putting everything in the calculator I thought I was going to be somewhat close to the average but I was not, I was below the average. The majority of my carbon footprint came from food. I learned that reducing was very important. I wasn't very surprised at my results even though my results were far below the average.