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 Gracie, I'm 14 years old, I'm from Mooresville, North Carolina USA. I go to Mooresville High School. My carbon footprint is about what I thought it was going to be, 8,157.
The average for my state (North Carolina) is about 15,918. Most of my footprint came from home, the average was 3,653. I learned that I am using much more resources than I thought I was, I do take long showers and leave the water running. I will start taking shorter showers and try to conserve my resources as much as I can from now on.