... servings of vegan yogurt, definitely no one needs a freaking plastic wishbone!) Yeah, yeah, I know the average environmental footprint of a vegan will be much smaller than an omnivore. That doesn’t make me feel much better about knowing that plastic I use today will outlive me many times over. It’s disgusting. (I don ...

  Zerofootprint offers software and services that help your organization measure and manage its environmental footprint."  For example, their "One Minute Calculators enable individuals to get a quick measure of their carbon footprint. After they input basic lifestyle information, the calculator will provide an estimate of a user’ ...

John Wheeler links to a Nature Conservancy study: “Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America”. I posted back in October on the study when it was first released. John has some useful comments on the study, so please read the whole thing. The results? It takes on average 72 square kilometers of land to ...

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... biggest challenge the world has ever faced, and reducing our carbon footprint is essential to the future of the planet. Carbon offsetting has ... , advise businesses and organisations to reduce their carbon footprint by undertaking initiatives closer to home than funding carbon ... has failed and often led to negative social, economic and environmental impacts in deprived countries. ‘Carbon markets ...

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... report titled "Oxfam Poverty Footprint: Understanding Business Contribution to Development" ... prequel to a second outlining the actual methodology for undertaking a footprint survey outlines the reasons why it is important for entrepreneurs ... living and the social implications of environmental practices. And though Oxfam stipulate that such a footprint survey should be undertaken by independent ...

... data. We don't consume most of the resources we extract. It isn't our carbon footprint, in the case of crude at least, it's the American carbon footprint that should be blamed. ... problems lie in the oil patch which as shown above has largely been a spike in exports. We are environmental laggards only because we are leaders in natural resource extraction. Canada demonstrates a fatal ...

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