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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My Carbon Footprint CA
Hello! My name is Cole and I am from Walnut Creek CA. While doing my carbon footprint calculator I noticed I scored relatively low on all points but Home Energy and Food. I actually scored a lot higher than average, and I believe this is due to how many lights we have that turn on at the same time in our living room, along with our kitchen usage and how much food we eat.We usually have the lights dimmed or off completely but having them off more often would definitely help cut down on our power usage. I try to turn off the lights every time I leave a room. For my food we usually get all of our stuff locally grown so I was really surprised to see it so high. I’m not entirely sure how i could cut down on my food consumption so if you guys have any ideas I’m glad to listen.
I feel my effect on climate change isn’t too large since my transportation was pretty low and my home usage wasn’t too high. I could probably try even harder to decrease the amount of things i use at home. We rarely use the AC and we don’t usually use our heater so I think I’m having a somewhat positive impact on the environment.If theres any ideas on how I could lower my carbon footprint I would love to hear them.