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 activity has taught me the importance of each of our actions in the environment, be it something that seems unimportant like leaving a device on for a few minutes. It helps you to reflect that a change in our daily life is important and to look for alternatives to change our habits that are sometimes only for comfort.