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 >
Eric Bakers Carbon Footprint.
My name is Eric Baker, I'm 15 and I'm from Mooresville, North Carolina, USAcarbon footprint was really high compared to the average in my region. It was extremely high at 73,345 kg. I believe the reason my carbon footprint is so big is cause I travel a lot. My transportation is at 61,204 compared to my region which is 4,184. I was not expecting having such a high carbon footprint I was throughly shocked. In the future I'm going to try and cut down on going places and traveling a lot.
That is really high! My transportation was 11,207 kg and I thought that was high.