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 >
Footprint From the USA
Hello guys my name is Conner. I'm 14 and I live in the USA in Mooresville, North Carolina. My carbon footprint total was 17,488kgs and it was about average. The majority of my carbon footprint came from transportation. When I got my results, they were not what I was expecting to get and what surprised me was that my number in transportation was really high. Looking at my results, I learned that I should do something to try and decrease my transportation number by walking, biking, carpooling, or by using public transportation.
I like your footprint I my self have a high transportation too. SO I feel you but yeah I think that what you want to do to decrease your footprint is good and maybe I'll try it my self.
Yeah biking, walking, carpooling, or using public transportation is a good way to decrease your footprint.
Most of my carbon foot print came from transportation too. I am always going places and I need to take a chill pill sometimes and not use the car.
Nice to meet you Conner, I am Rita from China. Today I had the carbon footprint too, and the result just like yours. My carbon footprint is much higher than the average person footprint, the reason is that last year I travelled many places and my home is far away from school, that is the main reason that my footprint is much higher than average one. The situation is quite same as yours. Let's keep touch and hope we can find the economize way to protect our homeland.
Hi! I am Eva from China. I did my carbon footprint yesterday and I had the same result as you. My carbon footprint is way higher than the average because my school is far away from my home and I travelled several places. The result remind me to live more sustainable.