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 >
EBURR USA
The amount of CO2 people emit into the atmosphere per year is often more than what is acceptable per human. In general, people can reduce their carbon footprint by changing every day habits. To reduce co2 that is reduced by transportation, working closer to the places you regularly go, carpooling, and driving cars with better gas mileage is helpful. To reduce it at home, turning lights off when you leave the room, taking shorter showers and turning water off when it's not currently in use are helpful. Also, eating locally grown and organic food can reduce one's co2 emissions.
http://cotap.org/reduce-carbon-footprint/