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 >
Claude's Carbon Footprint
After calculating my carbon footprint I saw that the highest category for me was food at 3,864 which was above average in my region. I think my carbon footprint for food is so high because I eat a lot of meat, especially beef. This raises my carbon footprint because animals such as cows produce lots of CO2. Also I tend to eat lots of packaged with containers created from factories which release lots of CO2. I can reduce my food carbon footprint by creating a better balance of organic food and meat products.
Like you my highest carbon footprint was food, but my transportation was surprising low. With a Carbon footprint of 6,599 kgs, I have a below average footprint compared to the area I live in. I am partially surprised how my transportation was so low, since me and family have gone on two road trips this year totaling to about a 28 hours drive their and back, with a milage of about 1287km. Upon further research I discovered that we produced less carbon than if we flew. Although it was 28 hours sitting in a car with my family it helped lower my carbon footprint. A airplane on average produces 53 pounds of carbon dioxide per mile compared to a car which produces 20 pounds of carbon mile per gallon.