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?
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Easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint
After reading the article submitted by bmarshsjrstate the easiest ways I could think of to reduce my carbon footprint would include my dietary needs. For example, the article states that eating organic is a great way to do so. Coming from an agricultural family I have endlessly discussed this with my father(who works for a agriculture company) and we have had many discussions about the pros of eating organic. Organic food not only reduces your carbon footprint but it is much healthier for your body, if you can talk to your parents and explain the pros of buying organic food it would be simple and easy to do. Another simple thing I though was cool was buying in bulk. Buying in bulk again not only reduces your footprint but it is actually cheaper for your family. A great place my family loves to go to buy in bulk is costco. Costco has many organic dietary products and most things come only in bulk. (also great samples)