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 >
Science and the Environment
What I have learned about the Carbon Footprint over these past three days is that my Footprint affects the earth much more than I expected. These past three days have helped me notice things I would usually not. Like being aware of what fast fashion is, how recycling can save lives, and how my carbon footprint is a valuable tool for measuring the offering of climate change by an individual, organizations, products, and services. For example, by computing the industrial carbon footprint, an industry can better understand its major sources of emissions and find ways to minimize them. This has helped me understand what I can also do to minimize the amount of CO2 i release into the atmosphere.