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 Foot Print(Mooresville,North Carolina, USA)
My name is Kevin and I am from Mooresville, North Carolina, USA. I am 14 years old. My total carbon footprint was 9,858. My overall was below average of my area but above the average in the world. Most of the carbon came from transportation. I did not expect the overall to be so low. I was surprised that the food category was lower than I expected it to be. I learned that the the less carbon is better. I can walk or ride bikes more than to ride in a car.