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 Waste and Carbon Emissions
After calculating my carbon footprint. The greatest contributor was the food category. One way to lower these levels is to make sure to compost and recycle as much as possible. Also I could make sure to limit the amount of things like ceramics and rubber, and replace them with recyclable alternatives. According to Waste Management World, around 6.82 billion tons of CO2 are emitted from waste in the US per year.