Me and some of my friends in my group were thinking if anyone here could tell us a little bit about their life ! here is some list of questions that we have in mind !
1. where do you live?
2. what kind of house do you live in ?
3. What was you´re footprint and is it above average or lower than you´re country/world wide ?
4.why do you think it is that way ?
5.do you own a car and if you have, does it have much effect on you´re footprint.

I have thought about these questions my self and my answers where these:
1. I live on a farm in south Iceland.
2. I live in a single family house with three other people.
3. My footprint was 7205 kg of CO2 per year and that is similar to the Icelandic score which is 7883 kg but much more than the  world score which is 3791 kg
4. I think it is because we have very good living condition here in Iceland
5. I have a merzedes-benz and yes it has much effect on my score because it burns much gasoline and I have to drive to school every day from my farm.

hope someone think this is interesting and will answers our question

1. I live in a house in the far west USA.
2. I live in a single family home with 4 other people.
3.My total footprint is 9337 kg of CO₂ per year, which is below the average of 9727 kg for my state, but above the world's average.
4.I think my family is not active in being environmentally conscious especially with transportation and water.  Our home garden, and use of reusable bags I believe made us below average for our area.
5.We just switched from a Prius to a Camry hybrid and I drive it to my school and sports practices and this increases my score a lot probably.

1. I live in Ghana, Africa
2. Single family home with five people
3. My total footprint was 230912 kg of CO2 per year, compared to Ghana which has an average of 1261 kg per year, and 3791 kg worldwide
4. Personally, my family and I travel a lot during the year, and to far places. Each flight is approximately 8-9 hours. This is the main reason why my footprint is high.
5. My family and I own three cars, and yes it has much effect on my score because of the large usage of gas, and number of drives per day.

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1- I live in Accra, Ghana
2- I live in a single family home with 2 other people
3- My total footprint was 13,500 of CO2 per year, which was much higher compared to Ghana which had an average of 1261 kg per year and worldwide which was 3791 kg
4- I think my footprint was higher than the average because my family and I travel a lot in a year, and we use up a lot of energy traveling.
5- My family and I own 4 cars, and one of them is used for me to go to school everyday, and uses up a lot of gas going to school and coming back from school.

1. where do you live?
I live in the city of Accra in Ghana
2. what kind of house do you live in ?
I live in a bungalow, a one floor house.
3. What was you´re footprint and is it above average or lower than you´re country/world wide ?
My carbon footprint is 3210. It is greater than the average carbon footprint in Ghana but less than the average of the world.
4.why do you think it is that way ?
I think this is because my family lives in a simple lifestyle and we constantly recycle bags. We are very economic and manage with what we have without over-consumption. A lot of my relatives also live in the same house as me therefore we all use one energy without having several houses for each family and therefore consuming more energy.
5.do you own a car and if you have, does it have much effect on you´re footprint.
I do not have a car. My family uses public transportation to go to school and various other places.

1. i live in Accra, Ghana
2. I live in a single family home with 4 other people
3. My total footprint was 234578 of CO2 per year, which was much higher compare to Ghana.
4. I think my footprint was higher than the average because my family and I travel a lot during the year and i have a lot of sports tournaments that involve traveling, and we use up a lot of energy traveling.
5.My family and I own 4 cars, and one of them is used for me to go to school everyday. It uses up a lot of gas going to go to school and come back aswell as sports after school and going out during the week.

1.I live in Accra, Ghana
2. I live in a single family home with 6 other people
3. My total footprint was 12529
4.The reason why my footprint was higher than the average is because i live a different live then the average Ghanaian. I travel a lot and never use public transport. No matter where i go i use the car and we use a lot of electronics within the house, which is a lot higher than the average of a ghanaian.
5.Yes my family owns 3 cars, and this does increase my carbon footprint by a lot. I use these to school everyday and over the weekend driving to the mall, friends etc. Basically they are always in use.

Well I don't have all of that information on the top of my head but I live in the united states. I go to school unless I'm sick I don't go many places I don't travel I'm a sophomore in high school and I spend a lot of time reading and writing (along with schoolwork) though I also have stuff I do pertaining to my religion anyway that's pretty much my everyday life

Hi Grímir!
1) I live in California.
2) I live in a detached single family home with three other people, and my dog.
3) My total footprint is 9551 kg of CO2 per year, which is a little lower than California's footprint of 9727 kg of CO2 per year but way higher than the worldwide average of 3791 kg of CO2 per year.
4) I think that my footprint value is super high because driving is my main type of transportation and my house does use a lot of electricity...we have 26 wall outlets in our house and some appliances (like our alarm clocks, fridge, washer/dryer, stove and oven) stay plugged in 24/7 even when we aren't using them.
5) And yes, my family owns 2 cars (Subarus) that averages 25 mpg each. I do think that these cars impact my footprint because it's my main mode of transportation. There aren't bus stops near my house, and biking anywhere isn't really possible since I live near a freeway.
Still, is it possible for you to elaborate on why Iceland has "good l iving conditions"? I think it's crazy how Iceland's carbon footprint is almost 2000 kg less than the state of California! And from previous comments, California creates 8466 kg of CO2 more per year than Ghana.

1. I live in San Leandro, California.
2. I live in a two-story home which uses up 3729 kg of CO2 per year.
3. My carbon footprint was 14139 kg of CO₂ per year, compared to
an average of 9727 kg for California, USA, and 3791 kg (= 8358 lb) worldwide. As you can tell, my carbon footprint was definitely higher than that of my state's, but even more so, EXTREMELY higher than that of the average carbon footprint worldwide.
4. I believe that many factors come into play to my high carbon footprint but mainly the amount of food I eat. In my own life, I find that I have been blessed to always be able to eat out often and unfortunately I usually have my own leftovers which I usually don't touch after. In addition, in order to eat out - I drive.
5. I do own a car, I often drive a LOT, never really realizing how much energy it takes up. However, I find it difficult not to drive a lot because in order to get places, it is necessary. Such places include school everyday and work, which is high in the hills, meaning even more gas is used on that drive alone considering it takes more t o drive up. Also, I travel a lot, especially to southern California (about 300 miles away) for at least 3 or 4 times a year. My family altogether owns 4 cars, but I do feel that this many is not necessary, for transportation itself costs me 3846 kg of of CO2 per year compared to the average 2557 kg in my region.

1. where do you live? I live in Iceland
2. what kind of house do you live in ? I live in a villa in a small town near the capital of Iceland
3. What was you´re footprint and is it above average or lower than you´re country/world wide ? My footprint was lower than my country.
4.why do you think it is that way ? because at my home we recycle many things
5.do you own a car and if you have, does it have much effect on you´re footprint? I own a car but i don't drive it everyday, i walk or get a ride at school.

1.I live in Accra, Ghana
2. I live in a flat home with 2 other people
3. My total footprint is 13689
4. I think the reason why my footprint is higher than the average is because i travel a lot during the year.
5.Yes my family owns 3 cars and they have a very strong effect on my footprint. i use it everyday for everywhere i go.

1. I live in Oakland, California, USA
2. I live in a 2 bedroom house with 2 other people (3 people total)
3. My footprint was 15435 kg CO2 per year, compared to 9727 kg for California and 3791 kg worldwide. My footprint was significantly higher than both the local and worldwide averages.
4. I believe this was because of my transportation data. I have been traveling large distances by plane in the last year, and I believe this raises my footprint a lot.
5. I do own a car, a 2003 Honda CR-V. I think this affects my footprint because having access to my car allows me to drive whenever I want, and this means I pay less attention to my transportation footprint. My car gets about 21 MPG, which is not too far below the average (23 MPG according to General Motors national poll).

1. I live in Accra, Ghana
2. I live in a single family house with three other people.
3. My total footprint is 21675 kg of CO₂ per year, compared to an average of 1261 kg for Ghana, and 3791 kg (= 8358 lb) worldwide.
4. I am an international student, so I often travel by plane. (My transportation footprint is 16118 kg of CO₂ per year, compared to an average of 167 kg for Ghana.)
5. My family owns two cars, but they do not have a substantial effect on my footprint.

1. I live in Oakland, California.
2. I live in a two story house with four bedrooms with two other people. (My brother is in college so there was three)
3. My total carbon footprint is 11282 kg, the average for California is 9727 kg, and the worldwide average is 3791 kg,
4.  My carbon footprint is higher than the average Californian because I travel a lot on plane and in the car for sports. This year I flew to Las Vegas, and Kansas.  My tournaments were at least as far as San Jose which is fifty minutes from my house and those were once or twice a month plus practice. 
5.  I do own a car, I drive a 1996 Jeep. My mother has a car and so does my dad.

1. where do you live? I live in Ghana, Tema
2. what kind of house do you live in ? I live in a two story house!
3. What was you´re footprint and is it above average or lower than you´re country/world wide ? My footprint is 7185, the average for Ghana is 1261 kg. I'm way higher than Ghana's average footprint.
4.why do you think it is that way ? I believe that's because I have a car which I use as a means of transportation to any place even when the place is close.
5.do you own a car and if you have, does it have much effect on you´re footprint. My family has 2 cars and that has a very big effect on our footprint because we go from Tema to Accra (city -> city) every single day because of education.

1) I live in Oakland which is a urban area located in California, CA.
2) I live in a 3 story, four bedroom house with 3 other people.
3) My total carbon footprint is 10,028 kg compared to California's average which is 9,727 kg
4) The biggest reason why my carbon footprint is larger than California's average is due to my transportation arrangements.  I heavily rely on commuting by car because I have school in one direction and soccer in another direction and my house right in the middle.
5)  My family owns a Toyota Camry (which we hardly ever drive) and two Prii (A Toyota Prius V and a Toyota Prius) Although it is my mom's car, I still drive her Toyota Prius V every day to school (since she travels by BART/train to work).  This does affect my carbon footprint because I can no longer carpool with others for an entire year and I have become less aware of how much I actually do travel on my own now.  However, since it is a hybrid car, I get about 42.0 MPG compared to the US average of 25.6 MPG.  http://www.autonews.com/article/2014040 … economy-of -new-u.s.-vehicles-rises-to-25.4-mpg

Thank you for posting this discussion as I am now able to discover different lifestyles and the details from places around the world!

1) I live in Accra, Ghana.
2) I live in a two story house with 3 other people.
3) My total footprint was 24090 Kg of CO₂ a year, much higher than the average of 1261 kg for Ghana, and 3791 kg worldwide.
4) I'm an international student and because of all the flying I do my footprint is higher than usual. For transportation it's 17 283 Kg a year, and that number is mostly made up from various flights.
5) We own one car which we use quite a lot to get me to school and back (around 15 Kilometers from my house), to get my mom to work and back (around the same distance), and to get my sister to school and back as well as any other errands we have to run such as grocery shopping or going out somewhere.

1. I live in the Woodstock, IL, United Sates.
2. I live in a two story house with two other people.
3.  My average was lower than my country's average, although I did not record the exact number.
4. My number is lower than my country's average because I am aware of being 'Earth Friendly'.  My parents limit the amount of air conditioning/heat in our home as much as possible, my family has a garden, and we recycle everything we can.  My parents raised me to be very conscious of the impact I make.
5. I do own my own car.  It did have an effect on my carbon footprint, but it was lower than my country's average.  This is because I carpool with friends and try to limit is as much as possible.

1. I am from Florida in the United States.
2. I live in a mobile home (trailer).
3. My footprint is 19836 kg of CO₂ per year, higher than both my region and worldwide (significantly so).
4. I think it is like this because of the conveniences I am used to and the wasteful lifestyle I was raised with. I do what I can to get the best use out of things, but it is obvious to me that there is a lot of room for improvement.
5. I share my mother's car to get to school and other places. It impacted my footprint, but my transportation footprint was lower than that of my region because we do not travel much outside of only to work and home. If public transportation were available to me, my footprint for transportation would have been even lower because I would definitely make use of it.

1. where do you live? I live in Iceland
2. what kind of house do you live in ? i live in a two story house
3. What was you´re footprint and is it above average or lower than you´re country/world wide ? my footprint was higher than the Iceland score and the world score.
4.why do you think it is that way ? Because we have very good living condition in iceland.
5.do you own a car and if you have, does it have much effect on you´re footprint. i dont own a car. but i use my mom and dad car.

1. I live in Houston, TX (United States)
2. I live in a pretty large home (considering I have eight people in my family)
3. My carbon footprint is 30282 per year, which is definitely higher than the average Texan, United States resident, and the world.
4. A major part of my carbon footprint was the traveling that I do every year. My family loves to fly out of the country and this contributes to the amount of CO2 produced. Also, as someone coming from the polluted city of Houston, I was raised without thinking much about how wasteful our community is. Recycling, reusing, gardening, organic eating, carpooling, and much other unhealthy habits are not stressed in this area.
5. I cannot drive yet, so I usually take a ride with my parents, siblings, or friends. As I mentioned before, the main problem in my carbon footprint for transportation was the air commute I take a huge part in. I wish that I could carpool more often and that Houston had more ways of public trans portation. If public transportation increased, the levels of CO2 produced would significantly decrease per year.

Hi my name is Tamita
1.i live in iceland, Laugarvatn
2. i live in a dorm room in laugarvatn becouse im learning there in Menntaskólin að Laugarvatni.
3. my footprint average was higer then i expected average in iceland.
4. I think it is becouse im always in the computer and I always forget to turn off the lights before I go out.
5. right now i don't have a car becouse i still haven't got my license.

This experience with the carbon footprint has taught me many things about myself. I have learned what I could do to improve my footprint in the world. I feel that if more people knew about their carbon footprint, then there would be more people trying to make a difference about it. I know that with my experience, I'm already trying to better myself by watching how much energy i use and by how i get to places. By doing this, more people will see the harm that they are causing to the atmosphere and hopefully decrease their footprint.

1. I live in North Caroline, NC.
2. I live in a large two story home with 5 other people.
3. My carbon footprint was 6,548 kgs and for my region it was way below average.
4. I think the reason is because my family and I try to conserve a lot of energy. We don't eat out very much, we recycle a lot, and we try to turn off all of our electrical appliances when we are not using them.
5. Sadly I do not own my own car so my carbon footprint was not effected by it. My family and I do tend to drive around a lot but the amount that we drive together barely had any effect on my total, (transportation total was 649 kgs).