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 >
Recycling at a community level
My community of St Johns County FL has recently switched to single stream recycling and it has made a huge difference in our home and our neighborhood and I am certain in our entire community. The antiquated recycling bins we had been using were too small for the amount of recycling we actually generate! Homes that by all appearances had nothing to recycle now gladly put out their convenient big blue cans…hopefully made from recycled plastic:)