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
My carbon footprint was pretty low in most areas except food. This was really surprising to me because I am vegetarian. I am not sure why food was the highest area for me. It could be because we eat three meals a day plus snacks but I am not sure. I think the way I could reduce this is by making sure my food is ethically grown and doesn't produce a lot of carbon. I don't really know other ways to reduce this area because I have to eat in order to live so it might just have to be higher than everything else in order to reduce my footprint. I can look at other areas and reduce them so that my footprint isn't as high. It is easier to lower things like electricity and around the house things than it is to lower food.