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 >
Ryan's Post
Hi my name is Ryan. I am from Mooresville, North Carolina, USA, and I am 16 years old. My carbon footprint was relatively high because it was 129,784,937 and was way above average. I think the majority of my carbon footprint came from the yearly miles I drive. My results were not really expected because I never thought the things I did affected the earth like they did. I was surprised that driving as much as I did could cause my carbon footprint to be the number that it was. I learned that I need to stop driving so much and change the types of lightbulbs we use at the house.