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 >
Rose Chaffin carbon footprint
Me, as a student of Mooresville Graded School District, in Mooresville, NC, had very average results on my carbon footprint besides transportation. The reason my transportation carbon footprint was so high is because people in my house are driven back and forth to work all day and have very busy schedules, so I often accompany them. Also, every weekend I travel 100 miles, there and back, to see a good friend of mine. Some solutions to lowering my carbon footprint is avoid traveling and staying more local to my own community, which would better our world's environment.
[Standford Calculator results](//muut.com/u/footprint/s1/:footprint:oZvl:standfordcalculatorresults.png.jpg)
I can relate to the busy schedules and constantly having to travel place to place. I would suggest that you stay local, but there rely isn't much to do in Mooresville.