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 carbon footprint was bigger than expected.
I ran the carbon footprint calculation, and in doing so I realized that my family's travel habits cause an enormous amount of carbon to be released. When calculated, my footprint was 13 Metric tonnes, which was shocking to me until I realized that 5 tonnes were a result of aeroplane travels to my family in eastern Europe. A simple flight to and from Romania accounted for a large amount of carbon pollution. This has lead me to realize that travel is a lot more costly than just a plane ticket. The solution for this cost is simple, more investment into companies that work to develop and manufacture electric or sustainably powered aeroplanes.