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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carpooling can save the world
Carpooling can be socially and economically superior to our world. You'd be saving money from purchasing gas, reduce the costs we pay towards the new roads, road maintenance, and air pollution-related health costs. Having fewer cars on the road can reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and improve air quality. Carpooling can also build relationships upon one another which can benefit a lot. It can promote job offers/positions, friendships, relationships, or collaborations for later in life for a necessity.
I agree with all of this. If everyone in the U.S. carpools 7 days a week, our carbon footprint would decrease drastically, since transportation is a good part of our individual and national carbon footprint.