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 from the United States
From this test, I learned that my family's carbon footprint is enormous! A whopping 28,896 kgs of CO2. I will admit, there were a lot of things I guesstimated, but still, that's kind of a lot. It mostly comes from transportation, with food and purchases being rather low. This is definitely a wake up call to start thinking about my carbon footprint when considering traveling. Even though it's tough because it's so rainy here in Oregon, I should probably walk more places. It is a little stressful to know my carbon footprint is about 3x larger than the average in Oregon.