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
My total footprint was 12592 kg of CO2 per year. My highest category was travel at 7337 kg. I live pretty far from my school so the back and forth takes up a lot. In every other area, my footprint was lower than the average for my area. Home was the next highest, mainly because I have siblings who are at home all day. The lowest category for me was purchases. I don't buy things very frequently. Hopefully I can lower my travel by graduating and not having to drive back and forth to school so much.