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
I have learned a lot about my carbon footprint and my impact on the world. I think my carbon footprint is very low. I don’t travel much so my transportation is very low. I can’t really decrease it since I don’t use cars/planes to travel. For home energy it is also low. I always turn off the lights when I leave the room. Our house only has about 20 lights. I don’t use the lights in my bedroom much either. My food carbon footprint is low as well. I think I could decrease it by eating more organic. Finally my purchases are low as well. I don’t buy much. I only would buy things I really need and not stuff I want. I don’t waste my money on useless stuff.
Transportation: 406
Home Energy: 2215
Food: 2073
Purchases: 371
Total: 5065
That is a really good carbon footprint! Just because everything is low, that doesn't matter. You are helping the Earth by not travel as much and polluting. You also are saving energy by turning off lights when your done. And eating organic food is a good thing too.
Very impresive result. You are living a very nature-friendly life. I wish, there would be more people with carbon footprint result similar to yours. I hope that you manage to keep your exellent result! 