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
Hi! I'm Alessio, I live in the north of Italy and I'm going to tell about my results. When I finished answering the questions, I realized that I give off less carbon dioxide on air than Italian average. My carbon footprint is very different category by category. For example, my totals in trasportation, food and purchases are much lower than the rest of Italy, I think because I don't have to travel lots of kilometres to arrive where I want to go, but I spend more carbon kilos in home section. Perhaps it's because I live in the mountains, so I have to heat my house for a long time in winter to keep warm.