Welcome new I2I students! We can’t wait to read your discussions about carbon footprints and all of the associated issues.

Here’s a quick resource for you:

http://www.climatecentral.org/ maps the potential damage inflicted by floods from storm surges in the United States

Does anyone know of any good interactive maps for other areas of the world?

this is all for today

Hi all , i’ve an Idea , why not create an Application Einztein for talk al the time ? Posts if you’r ok :P

Hi ! My name is Romain , i live in France. I’m 19 years old .
I lived in boulogne sur Mer , with my mother and my little brother . I am on high scholl ; i want to become teacher ^^
Our teacher propose us to meet a lot of people around the wworld , and i’m here =P
My total footprint is 5865 kg of CO2 per year, compared to an average of 9471 kg for France .
I take train the morning and the afternoon . I really want to reduce my footprint , but I don’t really say how …

My name is Hannan Hassan, but i am using my friend’s account because there is something wrong with mine. I live in Egypt, Cairo, I am from there. . My total foot print was 30314. For my region i had a high average compared to the normal human in Egypt. I think my carbon footprint was high because transportation and purchases. My transportation was 18860 kg because i go a lot of places; i always go out to many places on weekend, i go to private lessons in places thats far away from my school everyday, i go shopping a lot, and i do a lot of things. Also in my purchases I had 220 kg, because i don’t use the bag more than once when i go shopping and some stuff else, i have to recycle more stuff and use them more than once.

Hello. I’m Mija and I’m 16 years old teenager from Slovenia.
I live in a small village named Trebizani. I am on high school now, on gymnasium. My school is about 24 kilometrs far away from Sezana, where my school is. So I have to take public transport, bus, to get to my school.
One day our english teacher told us about calculating Carbon Footprint. So we did it. My footprint is a little bit lower than footprint in our country. At transport my average is almost the same as in my country is. But the average at home is a little bit higher. I think my problem is that I don’t turn off the lights when I leave the room. My average at food is pretty lower than average in Slovenia. And the last thing that is pretty surprising to me, that the my purchases are lower than average in my country.
I think the Carbon Footprint is good to tell us what are we doing wrong, and to improve ourselves about “being green”.

Hello, my name is Dora and I’m from Croatia. My CO2 footprint is a little bit higher than the average footprint in Croatia. My biggest problem is that I don’t turn the lights off when I leave the room. I know that’s a very bad habit but, as you know, it is difficult to change something you do every day. I hope that I will learn to do such easy things - I just need to turn the switch off, that’s all. And the consequence of it? The size of my footprint will change so much that I think I’ll have to buy new shoes! :)
Here are some tips that will help you make your life green. I will definitely use all of them and spread the word about the ISCFC! :DD

Hey, my name is Aja Trebec and I’m from Dutovlje, a village near Sežana in Slovenia. I go to gymnasium in Sežana, so I have to take public transport to get to. One day, our school teacher told us to participate in this CO2 Footprint Challenge, hoping that we would learn about how much CO2 we produce and to aware us about those serious problems of world pollution.
My footprint is under the footprint average of my country, because the footprint average in Slovenia is 7362 kg, but my is 3618 kg per year. And I’m actually happy that it’s lower, because we should think about getting more responsible and save our planet.
For transportation I produce 1771 kg of CO2 per year, which is 603 kg less of the average person of my country. But I think I could take more public transport to get to Koper (where I train dance) and sometimes I should go to my final destination walking, running or cycling.
At home, we recycle 95% of our trash and we put it into different bins. Each one has a different colour - for example: we put all the paper into a red bin, etc.. We also compost organic food to get more land for our garden, where we produce different sorts of vegetables. However, it would be nice to save water, too. We should eat more vegetables and fruits that are locally producted and less meat to become healthier.
I think, that the problem of buying too much things that we even don’t need is getting bigger and bigger. A lot of people spend their money for clothes, accessories and other non-use things, which they like for about half a year and then, they throw them away, not knowing how much CO2 they produce.

I’m looking foward to change my way of transportation and help to not produce too much CO2. :)

Hi everyone! My name is Ana and I am from Požega, a small peaceful town in Croatia. I am seventeen years old and it’s the right age to start thinking more about enviromental problems and to try to do something to protect our planet. I have joined this project hoping to learn something useful and interesting and it has turned out that I really enjoy reading your posts! I am really surprised with the number of your messages and your dedication to improve your lifestyle and become more environmentaly-friendly!

My footprint is almost the same as the footprint of the average person in my region. Thanks to the carbon calculator and your posts I have found out that small changes in our everyday life can make quite a big difference. I am pleased with that and I’ll join you in your effort to become more responsible. I’ll try to take more care about recycling and composting. I’ll try to spare water and electricity, too. I also agree that it’s a good idea to eat more organic and locally grown food and less meat in order to become healthier and to lower the carbon footprint. I can even try to teach some of my friends about the importance of safegurding the environment. I am really glad I am here and look forward to your comments. :)

Hi, my name is Ahmed Badrawy and i go to the AISE or American International School in Egypt. I recently used the carbon footprint site to see how much lower or higher my carboon footprint is. I found out that it was too above average and was mostly like this because of transportation. Mostly it was because of traveling via planes and cars. I’d like to use transportation in a more sufficient way so i can decrease the harm that i’m doing to the country and to the world.
Sincerely,
Ahmed Badrawy.