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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How your daily life can affect the planet
I learned after this segment that daily life like transportation, your diet, and simple things in your home have a big impact on the environment. CO2 gas is released from almost everything that we do, and we have a big impact on the prooduction of CO2 within our atmosphere. I do plan on changing my daily habits, to help better the world, such as not traveling as much, changing my diet to more locally grown foods, and reducing the use of electricity as much as possible within my home.