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 (Mooresville North Carolina, USA)
Hello my name is Zack, I am 17 years old and live in Mooresville, North Carolina in the United States. My carbon footprint is about 23,531 kilograms higher than the average person in my region. Most of my footprint comes from transportation because I drive everyday to school and to pick up my brother and sister. But my purchases and home carbon emissions are lower than the average person. My food is higher because I mostly go out to eat. What surprised me about my carbon footprint was the amount of carbon I produced by my transportation because I know that I drive a lot but I did not think it would be 30,917 kilograms.
My Data:
Transportation - 30,917 kgs
Home - 4,130 kgs
Food - 4,119 kgs
Purchases - 283 kgs
Total Footprint - 39,449 kgs
I can think of somethings to make my carbon footprint lower, those being not driving as much and eating at home more often. Also I should probably focus more on turning off my lights in my house because I forget to turn off my r oom lights almost every day. After doing these things it may not make the biggest impact on the Earth but it will be better than doing nothing at all to help it!