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 >
Wants or Needs? - Luis
Mooresville, NC, U.S.A
My carbon foot print is below average. It is a total of 8310 kgs. The average person in the region that I live in uses about 15918 kgs. The majority of my carbon foot print came from food. To be honest I am not shocked at all, I actually expected to have a really low kgs. What I learned from this experiment, is how my eating habits effect the environment. What I can do to decrease my carbon footprint in the future is buy local and organic food.
Your total carbon footprint is the lowest one I have seen so far! It's a good idea to buy locally grown foods because the food doesn't have to ship as far to get to you and it saves energy. Another way to reduce your food average is to eat out less and spend more time cooking at home. Your footprint is really impressive!
Thank you. (: