Sentences with phrase «about one's carbon footprint»

With the busy holiday shopping season in full swing, have you ever thought about the carbon footprint of where and how you shop?

He believes that we should be somewhat concerned about our carbon footprint, but that it is not as urgent a problem as people think.

Lets see them talk about carbon footprints after they have been denied computers, air conditioning, guns to defend themselves, food grown without pesticides, no modern medicine, etc..

Users can see basic data that is organized intuitively, or, as they become more comfortable with the website, highly detailed information about their carbon footprint.

As I wrote in my recent post about carbon footprints not being the most important thing in the world, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicles of late.

A new finding comes amid a debate about the carbon footprint of the oil sands generally.

But even before it came into effect in 2005, the protocol has triggered some profound thinking among governments, corporations and citizens about their carbon footprint and how to reduce it.

One has to wonder about the carbon footprint of 20,000 architects, engineers and builders flying off to a convention, but there is a lot to see and learn.

You can talk to a psychotherapist about your carbon footprint, or have a group therapy session about your feelings of climate guilt.

Therefore, he believes we shouldn't be particularly bothered about our carbon footprint.

Hop off the treadmill — While treadmills are a gym's most popular fitness machines, you're better to stay off of them if you worry about carbon footprints at all.

As I concluded in Sustainable Builder,» If we really care about our carbon footprint, our local environment and about jobs for our kids, we don't really have a choice.»

Yet in his speech, Meyer said nothing about the carbon footprint of synfuels — even though the company was aware that making and burning them would release much more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ordinary oil.

If this is indeed the case and the odd storms, increase of snow days (no complaining about that one) and life changing and destroying floods droughts are linked to climate change, we should all be doing something about our carbon footprint.

Guests can embrace the local surroundings (say, by sipping Portuguese wines in the Douro Valley) and feel good about their carbon footprint, too, since energy - efficiency and waste - management procedures are strictly followed.

And that is what I think is so confusing about this report; it is not as much about the carbon footprint of travel as it is the carbon footprint of living, with some transportation thrown in.

In the play we hear nothing of the real climate scientists who have had to upgrade their home security and change their children's bus routes, or the young woman who after speaking about carbon footprints at her local library emerged to find her car smeared with excrement spelling out «climate turd».

But, not the stupid sort of equality that leads us to call postmen «postpeople» (which was happening 20 years ago in schools when I was growing up, and I now realise, was put about by the same self - silly idiots that yabber on about carbon footprints every time you fart now).

It is likely that environmental concerns are becoming a major cause; since I started reading TreeHugger I have learned about the carbon footprint of a hamburger and the water footprint of a pound of meat.

We do go on that flying is dying, and have complained before about the carbon footprint of private jets.

It seems churlish to complain about the carbon footprint of the wedding, but someone has to do

He educates people about their carbon footprint.»

«We're going to have to become a little more light - touch and think about our carbon footprint going forward, and this allows us to play our part in delivering that.»

Cheaper but what about the carbon footprint Richard!?

It even trickles into travel planning, with employee reminders about carbon footprints.

Circa 2007 I felt the same way you did, and ran around turning off lights and unplugging things, feeling really uncomfortable about the carbon footprint of myself and my surroundings.

I could just imagine viewers, who have already been bombarded by countless messages about their carbon footprint, all nodding blankly.

How about carbon footprint?

The study about the carbon footprint of New Zealand Lamb vs English Lamb is comparing apples to oranges.

We have been fretting about our carbon footprints, but we also need to worry about our water footprints: the choices we make in how we live and what we eat are critical.

Consequently, it easy to get traction with the general public for claims that volcanic CO2 emissions are far greater than those of human activities, or that the CO2 released in some recent or ongoing eruption exceeds anthropogenic releases in all of human history, or that the threat of a future super-eruption makes concerns about our carbon footprint laughable.

When I wrote about Carrboro, NC based Goat Patrol landscaping, while being generally positive about the concept, I did ask about the carbon footprint of moving a bunch of goats around.

When we have gently confronted our colleagues about carbon footprint issues in the past, we have received these sorts of reactions:

What's more, the resort is Advanced ECO Certified, which means you can enjoy your scuba dive holiday without worrying about your carbon footprint.

For those consumers who are more concerned about their carbon footprint, the Toyota Camry is also available with a hybrid powertrain that pairs a four - cylinder engine with a permanent magnet AC synchronous motor.

In developing nations, with no money for infrastructure, and the rural poor crowding into a toilet-less abyss, who cares about carbon footprint?

Moving forward, we expect to see more and more information about the carbon footprints of the things we encounter and use every day; carbon labeling for produce is catching on the UK, and we've seen carbon footprint measurements for everything from cheeseburgers to Christmas, and sushi to Shaq.

Five years after they said they'd get right on it, more than one - quarter of UN organizations have done nothing about their carbon footprint.

If you want to do something about your carbon footprint, don't drive, turn off the lights, heat and air conditioning; that's as good as you can do.I should also add - don't drive to the farmer's market to get your sustainable, local product.

But Klein argues, correctly, that nothing will be accomplished if the only people paying are do - gooders who want to feel better about their carbon footprint.

But I can't help feeling you've made the same wood - for - the trees - error as the environmentalists when they blather on about carbon footprints.

One doesn't even want to think about the carbon footprint of bringing everyone to town for this thing, but they just had to change the name of Architecture 2030 to 2035.

The development of effective sprinklers has reduced that risk, and concerns about the carbon footprint of concrete have made renewable wood look a lot more attractive.

If you're in the market for a shredder and you care about your carbon footprint, you just found the right fit!