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! WOW!
*My carbon footprint is huge!*
*My Transportation*: 13,072 kgs
_Regions Transportation (NC)_: 4,184 kgs
*My Home*: 4,976 kgs
_Regions Home (NC)_: 6,148 kgs
*My Food*: 5,276 kgs
_Regions Food (NC)_: 3,636
*My Purchases*: 495 kgs
_Regions Purchases_: 1,950 kgs
*My Total Footprint*: 23,819 kgs
_Regions Total Footprint_: 15,918
What do you think? Is my carbon footprint bad? I feel like it is.
Transportation is the main area where your footprint is VERY high. To cut this down, you could carpool a lot more, and try to bike or walk more. This could be hard, but if you cut down driving to close places and just walk or bike it could help your footprint a lot and bring you down.
I agree, thank you!