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 >
Kelly
Mooresville, North Carolina, United States of America
15 years old
My total footprint was 11,704 which was about average. The majority of it came from transportation. I was a little surprised about the transportation part because I don’t go many places very often, but I obviously do go places more than I thought I did. Overall I thought it was pretty good. In the future I can drive less or car-pool with friends.