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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Science and the Enviorment
In the past 3 days, I've learned a lot about my carbon footprint, greenhouse gases, and climate change. I've learned that the most contributing thing to my carbon footprint is the home section. I've also learned about how to cut down on my carbon footprint by: cutting down on heating, not to eat so much beef and/or pork, and to carpool more. From one of the articles we read, I learned that people with higher incomes have much higher carbon footprints because they can afford many more things. Some things I've learned about greenhouse gasses are: that they are compounds, there are a lot of greenhouse gases, but there are more greenhouse gases than in the past. That is why it is getting hotter every year. I've learned that greenhouse gases and people's carbon footprint all contribute to climate change.