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
Hello, everyone!
My name is Anja. I'm from Požega, Croatia and I'm 17 years old. My total carbon footprint is 5,495 kgs of CO2 per year, which is basically the average here in Croatia (5736 kgs), and it is above the world's average(3,791 kgs). My result in Transportation is lower by almost half from my region because I prefer walking or riding my bike than driving. My family and I recycle paper and plastic and we also use cloth bags for shopping instead of the plastic ones. We should probably do more,so if you have any ideas that will help reduce my carbon footprint, let me now.
Hello, Anja! I'm Laura, I'm from Spain. I think that you are a person who care for the environment and i like it. In my opinion all people should care for the environment because all people live in the World,and If we put a bit of our part, we will can to have a clean World. I prefer driving, but it's an error. I should walking more or riding my bike like you!!
But it's an mistake* sorryy
But it's a mistake
Thank you Laura and Anja for sharing! For me, once I start riding my bike regularly I realize how great it is, and so much better than the car in many ways!
I agree with Anja with helping out our environment. I would like to do my part in our environment. When I grow older I want to use public transportation when I travel. I would be eating fresh food then eat out or comes far away. I will continue to turn off my lights when i leave a room. When I ‘m not using the heat I will shut it down.
Thank you all for your thoughts, I really appreciate it. I promise to try even harder to help our environment to stay clean. I decided to walk more,instead of driving, and to recycle my trash. Also, I have a reusable Tupperware bottle so I can use it repeatedly instead of buying plastic ones all the time which are bad for the environment. As I mentioned in my post earlier,I'm encouraging my family members to use cloth bags for shopping and I try to use them too( sometimes we forget the bags 
). Also I've been trying my best to reduce my carbon footprint by closing the faucet while I'm brushing my teeth, using rechargeable batteries for my camera and etc. Oh, I forgot to mention that my mom and I planted an apple tree in our garden last autumn and it was fun because I realised how easy caring for the environment can be. 