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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Difference In Footprints Internationally
The difference in footprints depending on which country you live in is significantly different as the resources that we prioritize are vastly different. This is especially evident in comparison to the U.S to places in Asia where different types of carbon emission are bigger than others which shows us a lot on how society in different places of the world are so different and each person's daily lives varies from location.