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
When I made my hypothesis I thought my carbon footprint would be the same as everyone elses but I was very wrong. My carbon footprint was alot different than everyone elses. I carpool with my brother to get to school and after school I just go home pretty much the rest of the night so my transporation is not that high and it was alot lower than alot of the people in my class and school. My food was higher than alot of people in my school because I have 5 people living in my house and 2 of those people are football players so we have to keep the groceries coming in, so we do not try to reuse our grocery bags and we just use our regular plastic bags.