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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How Can We Reduce Carbon Footprints And Pollution
There are three main things we can do to reduce our carbon footprint and pollution, these are using renewable energy, recycling more, and also using more sustainable farming. We can use renewable energy like wave power and solar power which will reduce our carbon footprints because we don't have to burn fossil fuels. To reduce pollution by more recycling more we have to make people recycle more and find more ways to recycle things. And we want to have more sustainable farming which will reduce carbon emissions we need to use more efficient irrigation and plant crops all year round so we don't lose the soil.