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
This article (http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/carbon- … -factsheet) by the University of Michigan states that on average, each U.S household produces about 83% of food carbon emission. Of this 83%, 47.6% is contributed from meat. This is a significant number, considering that in the United States, poultry and beef are extremely popular. One way we can reduce this high production of carbon is eating more organic foods and vegetables.