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 Project
My name is Reilly and I live in North Carolina. My carbon footprint is 15,107 kgs (Transportation- 3836 kgs, Home- 7296 kgs, Food- 3396 kgs, Purchases- 606 kgs). I thought it would be higher because we are home a lot and we don't go on vacations a lot.
being at home can still do a big impact for example if your home more you have your lights on more and charging your electronics or watching tv also has an impact.
Staying home adds to your electricity use but the amount you save by not traveling is much more.