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 Footprint (Mooresville, North Carolina, U.S)
My name is Matthew and my carbon footprint was:
Transportation: 15,785 kgs; which is higher than the average, 4184 kgs, because my family and I travel to England or Russia every summer.
Home: 55,907 kgs; which is higher than the average, 6,148 kgs, because we not always energy wise.
Food: 3,155 kgs; which is a little lower than the average, 3,636 kgs, because my parents only buy food that we need.
Purchases: 181 kgs; which is a lot lower than the average, 1,950 kgs, because we never really buy stuff for ourselves.
Total: 75,028 kgs; which is higher than the average, 15,918 kgs