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 >
More carpooling!!!
Owning 3 cars and using all at the same time raised significantly my family footprint. Even though my parents work nearly to each other they usually take different cars, which release 116-128g/km of CO2. Pretty much, don’t you think? Also my elder brother likes to drive a lot, sometimes even for hours, without having a certain destination.
Calculate the amount of CO2 your family members use while driving (http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/cars/Car-CO2 … &FuelType=) and raise awareness amongst as many drivers as you can!!!
We live far from work and travel to family an hour and a half a way several times per week. While we recycle, grow some of our own food and watch our use of electrical fixtures we can keep a handle on our carbon footprint and are a bot under average for our Pennsylvania location. Getting up early and staying up late causes us to use lights and stretches our use of technology. Living with the sun might result in a more practical footprint but be far less practical and efficient for getting so many things done in a day!