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 >
Sean's Carbon Footprint
My name is Sean. I live in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA. I am 16 years old. My total carbon footprint is 5,462 kgs in total. Most of my footprint came from food. My footprint was below average from the rest of my class and state. I wasn't surprised about it. I knew that my travel was going to be the reason my footprint was so low. To lower my footprint even more I could become a vegetarian and that would lower my food's footprint.