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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Family effort to lowering carbon emissions
Hi! My name is Ava and I live in Jacksonville, Florida.
My carbon footprint is extremely high within my home, because I live with my family of 5. I brought up how concerning the carbon footprint was to my family members and we have all taken steps to try to fix it. First step we have taken is eating less meat, bor only this but we have replaced the remaining non LED light bulbs in our house hold to LED’s. This has help tremendously as we have over 1,000 light bulbs if you include our string lights outside the house. The article below speaks on other ways to limit your carbon footprint within your home!