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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Food Waste
Food waste is an extreme problem in the world and a huge problem in the US. It is estimated that between 35-40% of food is wasted in the US. In 2015 this translated into 133 billion pounds and approximately $161 billion worth of food waste. Not only is food waste ruining the environment, it is also wasting a lot of money. We need to start buying and taking only as much as we need and if you have food waste, compost.
That is a lot of money that is wasted on food, we could be using that money on other things besides food.