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 >
Carbon Footprint in the United States
My carbon footprint turned out to be higher than the average in my state at 12, 348 kilograms. This is mostly due to transportation. I mostly drive myself. What really hurt my total was that I have to drive quite a distance for sports practice each week. Also, where I live it can be pretty cold in winter so we use our heat more than average. My food and purcahse categories were well below the average in my region. I don't spend a lot of money on new clothes and my family eats fairly healthy. We also are big on recycling and reusing things like plastic bags.