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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My Carbon Footprint- Kepli
My name is Kepli, and I am 16 years old. I am from Mooresville, North Carolina, USA. My carbon footprint is above average compared to North Carolina’s average and worldwide. It’s not too much above North Carolina’s but it is way above the world average. My carbon footprint is 24,228kgs, while NC is 15,918kgs and worldwide is 3,791kgs. Most of my carbon footprint was brought up by transportation. Without such a high transportation, which is almost 5 times above average when compared to North Carolina’s transportation, my carbon footprint would be about the average of NC’s or even a little bit lower. I was surprised that my transportation was so high, we don’t fly places but we do have cars that don’t get good milage, we have a big family and many of my siblings have extracurricular activities including myself that requires a bit of driving, and we travel to the beach a lot. I didn’t realize all these things take a big toll on my carbon footprint. I learned that the amount of people in my family makes my personal carbon footprint go up. To reduce my carbon footprint I need to limit my transportation. I can do this through car pooling, limiting unnecessary driving, and driving the car that gets the best milage.