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 >
My Carbon Footprint (Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
My name is Andrew and I am age 17 going to Mooresville High school.
My carbon footprint had the following values:
Transportation - 6,202kg
Home - 3,555kg
Food - 3,566kg
Purchases - 309kg
Total Footprint - 13,632kg
My total is less than the average of 15,918 for my state. Even though it’s less, I don’t have the most environmentally friendly life. Most of my footprint came from transportation. This is understandable because I am constantly driving to work and to my girlfriend’s home. Besides transportation, the rest of my areas were below average, but didn’t reach my personal wanted levels.
As your carbon footprint is low, it's better than being above average, much like mine is. Keep up the good work in saving the Earth.