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 >
Highest Impacting on Climate Change
I think that the quickest, cleanest way to severely lower carbon emissions would be to stop flying so much. Jet fuel produces a vast amount more carbon than anything cars and trains use, and while a transition to veganism for everyone on the plan would be perhaps more impactful, it would also be incredibly difficult and extremely unlikely to happen.