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 >
Carbon Footprint
My name is Dylan, I am 16 years old, and I am from Mooresville, North Carolina. My carbon footprint was about 44,000 kgs of CO2 per year. My footprint was above the average for my state but only because my family has many people in it and we are constantly doing things. My transportation category was what had made it so high because my family and I are constantly on the move because of sports and vacations every year.
Hey Dylan, our Carbon Footprints are pretty different. My lowest category was transportation but my highest was my Home life. I think that you could possibly lower your Carbon Footprint by carpooling or using a more efficient car, that could put out less emissions. My Carbon Footprint was lower than yours but it was still high in the Home category, I will work on lowering that.