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 Foodprint
I underestimated the influence a vegetarian diet has on my carbon footprint. Minimizing animal products can have a highly positive influence on the environment given that their are no resources used for feeding, transporting or caring for animals. One thing that I feel my household has room to improve upon is water usage, if we were to switch to water conscious appliances such as dishwashers and shower heads our total carbon footprint would decrease significantly . My carbon footprint was average, however there is always room for improvement.