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
My carbon footprint was higher than the average Icelanders. About half of my footprint was related to traveling, mostly by car or plane. The food, electricity and home consumption were surprisingly low compared to the transportation part. I could improve this by traveling more by foot or even bike, carpooling more when I'm on my way to school and such. It is not out of reach for me to lessen how much I travel by car.