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 Foot Print In the U.S
My total footprint was 8,413 kg of CO2 per year. Of course this is less than then the average of 10,370 kg, I still have a lot to improve on to lowering this high number. For example, the category that I had the most trouble, home which is significantly higher than the average could easily be resolved by doing simple tasks such as turn off the lights when they are not needed. I found it fascinating how carbon foot prints can show how much you are impacting the rest of the world and I think its important for everyone to keep track on how impactful there daily needs are.