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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Can we pay more attention to electronics in our house?
Everybody has in their own home some electronic device. I think that we should pay more attention to switch off them, cause they use energy and this is an unnecessary waste of energy.
I agree. To make this happen you could buy motion detector lights. These would be a great help because all you have to do is walk out the door and the lights will go off by themselves within five minutes of inactivity. This could be big help for people that don't remember to turn their lights off.
I agree with you. Many people may just leave their devices there without turning them off. It causes energy to be wasted and can be unhealthy for the environment. I think people should be more considerate of the environment and just do these simple things to make the environment better.
I agree. Many people leave on their electronics but, this is probably because they don't know the effects they bring on the world. If more people knew that t was a waste of energy then maybe they'll stop and turn off their electronics when they're done using them
I agree with you. A lot of people leave their phone or other devices charging overnight for about 8 hours each day and a phone takes about an hour to charge all the way up. The rest of the seven hours the phone is plugged in just wasting electricity and over time more and more electricity is wasted which makes more air pollution. Also, some people leave the lights on when they are in their room or when they go out to eat. This also wastes electricity and makes air pollution that could have been prevented from being released.