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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Visiting the same places over and over again
Until getting the results of my carbon footprint, I have never thought about how much me and my family harm the environment, especially by transportation. When we first went to Milan, we fell in love with the city and now we visit it every year without any special reason, just because we like it. Even if we do not experience new adventures there anymore, we keep going back and wasting time on activities that could be done in our country as well. That means two more flights per year, which produce a huge amount of carbon, and it is needless to say that we are taking the taxi most of the time. Instead of going on useless journeys, we should think more about the consequences!