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 >
Reducing my footprint
My calculator shows that my carbon footprint is very high. the majority of my carbon footprint is from food. To reduce this I could eat less red meats and other animal products. We order a lot of food so rather than this we could do more home cooking. The places I eat also use a lot of plastic so I could try to reduce the amount of plastic I use while eating. My food carbon footprint has actually increased since the last time I used the calculator in 8th grade. I've been growing and eating more food which contributes to this. I can watch how and what I eat to decrease my carbon footprint.