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 >
Kelton Plant's Carbon Footprint
My name is Kelton Plant and I'm fifteen and from Mooresville North Carolina. My total carbon footprint was well below my area's average which was 15,918kgs, and mine was 8840kgs. This did not really surprise me because I do not travel barely at all. I could actually lower the footprint by buying florescent lights instead of using Incandescent lights.