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 >
Comparing our footprints.
Interestingly the schools in Europe have quite similar results probably due to similar social economic factors. Can some of the North American participants explain why your food count is quite high? Is it because you eat out often? In our part of Spain most of us mainly eat at home and go to restuarants only occasionally.