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
For transportation, I got 4,295 kgs (mainly because my dad and the rest of my family live far away). I got 2,501 kgs for Home. 1,811 kgs for Food and 227 kgs for purchases. With the exception of transportation, I scored well below the averages for my region.
I totally understand the transportation stuff, because my transportation rating is still way higher than anybody else's I've seen. The purchases for you is really good because it's below everyone else's. It's good that you had a lower average than the average people in our area because you're helping out the environment. I need to find more ways to cut down on my footprint to make up for how much a travel.