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 >
Food
While looking through my carbon footprint data, I noticed that my emissions based on food were surprisingly high. I believe this is because of the farming industry's effect on the climate change process. Food industries are largely based off agriculture, and agriculture has contributed 9% to all greenhouse gas emissions. My family's diet has always been meat based, which is a leading cause in why my emissions for this category is so high. The US has always had a problem with over consumption, which is why we are the leading country in obesity. With a society based on industry and money, global warning will be an issue that we need to take down now.