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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Don't waste plastic bags
One of many possibilities to save the environment is to bring with a cloth bag, for example, when you go to the supermarket, but also when you go shopping.
My mother has taken this good habit since a month. She Always brings with a big cloth bag that she uses to put in the products she has bought. In this way she doesn't waste plastic bags every time she goes to the supermarket.
Try to think how many plastic bags are wasted every day in the world!! Most people do their shopping and when they return home they put away the groceries and finally they throw away all the plastic bags they have used.
This is a huge waste that we can prevent in a very simple way!