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?
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Carbon Footprint
Hello, my name is Tate, I am 17 years old and I am from Mooresville, North Carolina of the Hello, my name is Tate, I am 17 years old and I am from Mooresville, North Carolina of the United States. In my Environmental Earth and Science class we had the opportunity to participate in Stanford’s carbon footprint studies. While doing this study I found out how my carbon footprint effects the Earth and specifically, what areas I could change to reduce my carbon footprint. Below is my data that I collected upon myself.
Transportation: 10,506 kgs
Home: 3,340 kgs
Food: 1,170 kgs
Purchases: 397 kgs
My total carbon footprint of 15,413 kgs was below the regional average for North Carolina which is 15,918 kgs. The hypothesis that I had conducted about my own carbon footprint before the study ended up being correct. My hypothesis stated that I thought I would be lower than the average person in my region which ended up being true. However my carbon footprint was not significantly lower than the regional average. I think this is because of my large carbon footprint particularly in the means of transportation. The usage of my Jeep for everyday use of going to and from school and traveling other places for after school activities caused the transportation part to be so high. In the future to decrease my carbon footprint I could carpool with people to get places or limit the places I go during the week.
Your carbon footprint was lower than mine. I feel like everyones problem is transportation.