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 >
Hi, I'm Marina and I'm from Spain
My footprint is 11,025kgs, it's because this year I travelled twice in plane but I don't travel very often. I tavel by car a lot hours because my family are so far but I don't make anything for it.
I try to save everything which I can because I worry about how life on our planet could be end
Mine is over 83,000 because I took 6 plane trips which was 12 hours each
My carbon foot print is 24,153.
Hi Marina - you said you "try to save everything" - can you give us examples?
Hi, Marina! My carbon footprint is 11,029... I traveled 3 times in the year... so it is higher! I travel by car to lots of places, like school, friends houses, and etc. And it is great to meet another Marina!!
Our carbon footprint was very similar, I had an average of 11,028. I think the difference is that I do travel much more often, but by car and not plane like you did. I also agree with your comment about trying to recycle and save as much as possible, so that's why I think our footprint was so similar.
Hi Marina! My carbon footprint was slightly high as well. I think we both need to think about what we do in our daily life and how much we are emitting.
You do a really good job at keeping you carbon footprint down great job, i wish mine was as low as yours, i think if we all took these precautions we'd all be really well off
i sometimes think about when are world is going to end also but i always remember that if you do better about recycling and saving power an really taking in this footprint project we could all make a difference and are generation could be the ones to save our world from pollution.
It's really great that you try to save as much as you can, I think more people should try to do that because it would be better for the environment overall. I also think about what the world would look like when it ended and right now I could picture everything just being gone. What do you picture it as?
My carbon footprint is a little higher than yours. I also have to take a car to get from place to place. I am also trying to save more than I usually do. Great Job.
My carbon footprint was a little lower than yours because we don't travel as much in a car