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 >
Personal Carbon Footprint
My name is Sebastian Gonzalez from Guatemala. For transportation my total is 5712 and my region average is 456. In the category of home my total kgs is 1206 and in my region the average is 294kgs. For food my total is 1486kgs and in my region the average is 938 kgs. Purchases is the only category that I am lower than my average region because mine is 186kgs and my region's is 266kgs.
My name is Michelle H and I also live in Guatemala. The biggest cause of my carbon footprint is my transportation and I believe it is due to the traffic in Guatemala. Also I got a lot of carbon from heating and light use in my house and I believe it is because my house is bigger than the average person.