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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Climate Change 2
Climate Change has been a huge topic throughout the world today, and many people do not realize that it has to do with their carbon footprint. According to National Center for Science Education, “Many independent lines of evidence show that human activity is responsible for most of the climate change in recent years.” For me, I use a lot of home energy when it comes to my heaters, lamps, etc. Gas takes a big place in the climate change and I tend to use gas heaters a lot.
Many people do not know the effects of Climate Change and the steps to take to help maintain it. People should get more familiar with it so they can take action. For me, I will start using less heaters and more blankets. I feel like that would have a big impact on maintaining Climate Change if everyone got rid of their gas heaters and started using more electric heaters.