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 carbon footprint was off the charts especially in transportation. That year, I went to China which ended up 3 flights worth of carbon dioxide. It was 13000kg of carbon which was more than double than the average. My food was a little bit over the average because our family eats a lot of meat. For heat, we needed to heat our homes so that was a little bit over too. I don't buy a lot of stuff so I was below average. My family uses reusable bags during shopping and turns off lights whenever we leave a room.