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
I thought that my carbon footprint would be around average but it was actually much higher than I thought it would be. Transportation and Purchase's was the highest compared to average. I think the reason that the transportation was high is that use a car to get to places most of the time including getting to school. I think that purchases were also very high is because I don't normally think about how much of what I am buying is having an impact on the earth and my carbon footprint. I now realize that I should try to carpool more and using fuel-saving cars and I should think about what I am buying to help reduce my carbon footprint.