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?
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Shower Time
Shower time is a huge producer of CO2 in the atmoshpere and most people don't even realixe it. Every minute in the shower is 2.5 gallons of water going straight down the drain. Most of the enrgy used to heat the water is also unsustainable which puts an even bigger affect on you carbon footprint for more information, use this link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ene … ebd3d296b8