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 >
My Transportation Footprint
My transportation carbon footprint is nearly double the average of the average person living in the State of California (4,735 kgs vs. 2,557 kgs). The main cause for this is my daily commute to school and my extracurricular activities, usually totaling around 60 miles a day through sometimes heavy traffic. While I can try to purchase a more fuel-efficient car (such as a PHEV), there’s not much I can do to stop this. However, what I believe will amend my (and many other people’s) excessive carbon footprint are more compact, efficient cities with more public transportation, as public transportation uses much less energy per person transported than cars on a motorway.