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 >
Flight and carbon
I noticed when putting in my information that flying has a large impact on my carbon footprint. I do a lot of this flying to visit my dad which I’m not going to stop doing anytime soon. I wonder if certain planes or airlines are more efficient, maybe some airlines even donate to ecological causes. If the answer were yes to some of these they would be a great alternative