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 footprint and yours
On the map, I can see how there are differences between others around the world in terms of carbon footprint mass. One is because of the different lifestyles; the way I live may(and should) be different for someone in Pennsylvania or Sweden. The way we live affects they we eat, how we get from place to place, what we buy, and how we live, which, in turn, affects the amount of carbon we release into the world.