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 >
Palo Alto Student Footprint
My family tries to conserve energy, compost, and recycle as much as we can. With these actions, I think this is why my result is much lower than the average of California. However, I was surprised about how high my carbon footprint on my house was, which is almost double the amount of my transportation footprint.