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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Hold Countries Responsible
Too many times we say 'we need to change', but who polices the big countries that are industrialized and leave massive carbon footprints. We need to do our part, but what about countries like China, who can't be bullied into submission and can't be negotiated into slashing their carbon output. It is a sad state of affairs but we need to find a way to get them on board.