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 >
Carbon Footpring (North Carolina, USA)
Hello, my name is Griffin. I am 17 years old from Mooresville, NC (USA) in the United States! In my Earth Science class we figured out how large our carbon footprint is. My personal carbon footprint was way above our region’s average. My total footprint was 32,174 kgs, our class average footprint was 28,775. The reason for mine being so high is because I drive all of the time. I go out to eat or just out in general, and that is a lot of driving because I live out in the country. I don't usually eat really big meals, but I eat a lot of small means. My house isn't really big so my carbon footprint isn't huge for that. My main thing I can do to cut back on my carbon use, is don't drive as often or use public transportation.
Your total footprint is very large and to lower it you should probably try and travel less and if you cannot then you should try and carpool with more people so you don't create as much carbon and that will help lower your footprint.
Your footprint is much larger than mine. A couple of ways to lower your footprint. If you want to lower your footprint you could carpool more and drive less.
It is good that your house doesn't emit a lot of carbon, so it evens out a lot of the carbon footprint given off by your car. You could ride with your friends more often or use public transportation.