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 >
Carbon Footprint
My total carbon footprint was 6,040 kgs, transportation result was 1218 kgs, home result was 2538 kgs, food result was 1832 kgs, and purchases result was 452 kgs.
Transportation:
I don't really travel anywhere far during the summer unless it's a special occasion or a one time family visit of the year. My family gets there by driving and we do not own any diesel run vehicles. I get to school and back home by riding the school bus monday through friday.
Home:
It's rare for me to go out to eat; I just cook food at home and I only turn a light on when the day gets very dark. I do not leave or turn the central cooling/heating on unless I am freezing cold or sweating like a sumo wrestler. I never leave lights on in rooms I am not in.
Food:
As I had addressed in the home paragraph, I or my parents usually make my our own food and we rarely go out to eat unless it's a special occasion, vacation trip, someone else's house, or if we don't have any ingredients to make food at home at the time.
Purchases:
I'm not a fan of shopping in stores. I typically buy stuff from online an d only when I need something or if it's for a special occasion.
I had the lowest carbon footprint total out of my class and it was significantly below average compared to my region's averages.
Honestly, the only thing you should change is home, and that shouldn't be that bad. You have the lowest numbers in the class, so good job. Maybe some energy efficient lightbulbs or something like that will do the trick.
i agree with him above, you could try to conserve things at home a little more.
Your score was actually pretty low so the only things I would suggest is using more fuel efficient transportation.
that good the only thing you can probably do is eat more organic food
your home usage can be reduced by not running water and turning off the lights when not being used.
Thats amazing, though try looking into why your home and food are so high. Most likely HVAC for home and eating non-organic food for home
Your home usage can be reduced by turning off the lights when you is done using them.