Sentences with phrase «carbon footprint because»

Wealthy people by the very process of getting all that wealth have vastly increased carbon footprint because every dollar of their wealth has associated carbon costs.
Construction had a much lower carbon footprint because of the ease of transport.
Of the reasons you may commonly hear for eating vegetarian, or at least minimizing your meat consumption, you may be most familiar with those tinged with guilt, frustration or sadness: lower your carbon footprint because the planet is melting, or eating meat supports the intense abuses against animals raised in factory farms.
We are sufferers of a large carbon footprint because of our high proportion of out of town commuters.
You want folks to reduce their carbon footprint because you say the odds are 99 % that if they don't we're screwed.
You'll help the local economy, support farmers, and reduce your carbon footprint because your food will come from the next town over instead of halfway around the world.
«The great thing about the tap wine system is that it's eco-friendly and reduces the carbon footprint because you don't have the boxes and bottles.
Locally grown produce, company leaders maintain, has more than a few selling points: It helps support local economies, it's fresh and it creates a smaller carbon footprint because it isn't shipped great distances.
Rice - produced on 163m hectares, around 12 % of the global arable area - has one of the greatest plant carbon footprints because it produces a lot of methane.

Not exact matches

Long food supply chains are actually far from a simple matter because they tie into a number of social and environmental issues, including the global carbon footprint, product quality and sustainability, too.
«It's critical that we do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint — both because it's the right thing to do and because we know it's important to our customers,» he added.
Traditional rustic shade has a larger carbon footprint than commercial polyculture because yields are lower per unit area, and all the contributing factors are allocated to less product.
We cloth diaper because it is better for our little ones skin and for our carbon footprint.
It's not even that I'm worried about my carbon footprint, because I'm kind of worried about it, but in the grand scheme of things, I'm not like, anti-Ziploc.
Breast milk is the most environmentally sound food source available because milk is produced (by the mother) delivered to the consumer (baby) with a nearly zero ecological, carbon and water footprint.
The ability to buy additional glass inserts adds convenience and affordability and reduces the carbon footprint in the environment because you use less plastic (our 4oz starter set demonstrates this feature).
«Renewable energies, like solar and wind power, have been important to me because they reduce our carbon footprint and help to protect our communities.»
Joshua Gallaway, a chemical engineer of Columbia University who was not affiliated with the study, says this type of work is critical because of biofuel's potential to reduce America's carbon footprint and its dependency on non-renewable fossil fuels.
But bamboo now constitutes one leading edge of his portfolio, in part because the bikes, he notes, have «the lowest carbon footprint on the planet.»
Due to its use of new biomass, rather than long - buried hydrocarbons, Oswald says SynGest's process has a net - zero carbon footprint, because «we're not putting new carbon into the air.»
This is because they are not only more effective at preventing crime, but also more environmentally friendly, having a much lower carbon footprint than other measures, such as burglar alarms or CCTV.
Because China relies on coal for much of its power, goods produced there can have a dirtier carbon footprint than those produced elsewhere.
Ho said both the U.S. and India are interested in pursuing supercritical carbon dioxide to develop the next generation of concentrating solar power technology because it can reach greater efficiencies with smaller footprints.
His study found population growth will likely play a small role in climate change, because the areas with the highest growth — like Africa — have a small carbon footprint.
All of our ingredients are sustainably grown and Non-GMO Project Verified, and because we source many of them from local farms within California, we're helping reduce our carbon footprint.
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Gnosis's carbon footprint is petite because our chocolates are hand - made, our packaging is 100 % recycled and biodegradable, and we use vegetable based inks.
One of the reasons is because it reduces your carbon - footprint, (two cheers for Mother Earth!)
He lived a free and contented life with a small carbon footprint and because he had squatted there for so long, he eventually inherited the chance to call his little patch of land his own in the eyes of the law.
«It's unique in its segment because it not only gives owners savings at the gas pump and a smaller carbon footprint, but it also delivers world - class design, robust performance and an upscale personality, making it a truly attractive and well - rounded hybrid offer.»
They're readily available everywhere from thrift stores to second hand bookshops and have a very low carbon footprint, but if you're a truly voracious reader and want to keep up on all the current titles coming to the market, an eReader allows you to tote around hundreds of good books in a tiny package and because it's meant to be reused over and over again, it offers a modern take on a problem that's already been around for some time.
This means that you can reduce your carbon footprint, because the bed is fully compostable when you are finished with it (many years down the road, of course).
This is because the companies who purchase carbon credits are still creating a carbon footprint, it is just being offset by an environmentally friendly action taken by another company, whereas by using renewable energy directly, there is no carbon created in the first place.
Yes, local food — because it is healthier, slashes food's carbon footprint, and makes you savour the seasons again.
The CO2 emissions footprint of wood is similar to that of concrete, because when you log a forest only 15 - 20 % of the carbon is sequestered in the lumber that ends up in the house.
Natural gas is widely considered to be an environmentally cleaner fuel than coal because it does not produce detrimental by - products such as sulfur, mercury, ash and particulates and because it provides twice the energy per unit of weight with half the carbon footprint during combustion.
The statement estimates, and then dismisses, the pipeline's massive carbon footprint and other environmental impacts, because, it asserts, the mining and burning of the tar sands is unstoppable.
We concluded that if you live in a part of the world with relatively clean electricity, then an electric induction range is greener, both for its carbon footprint and because of indoor air quality.
Yesterday Lloyd started a survey around the notion: «We have never had much luck convincing people that they should change their travel habits because of their carbon footprint, but is the economy making a difference?»
First, we must build sustainable places, because it does not matter what the carbon footprint of a building is if you have to drive everywhere in order to live there.
Well, because tar sand - extracted oils have a 2X + greater carbon footprint than «conventional oil,» operating margins for producing oil in Alberta will be roughly 1/2 as good as those of the competing state oil companies, once Cap & Trade is fully implemented.
Yes, because we all know the way to reduce our carbon footprint is for others to drive small quantities of produce to our door.
They are ubiquitous throughout the Yucatan, but he wanted to bring our group to the Grand Palladium because it's a good example of a big hotel that's actually trying to minimize its carbon footprint by implementing green initiatives.
Another incredible activity we were able to do (because this school is better technologically equipped than many in my area) was to participate in an online carbon footprint calculator for kids!
This disagreement ties into the debate over man - made global warming, because if the Current Warm Period is not that unusual, then man - made global warming could be either (1) superimposed over considerable «natural global warming» or (2) non-existent (in which case global warming would have nothing to do with our «carbon footprint»).
Our carbon footprint refers to the greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere because of what we do or buy.
As Dunedinites, we each have a significant carbon footprint simply because of the carbon footprint and low energy efficiency of much of the city's infrastructure.
Companies surveyed in the report typically offset less than 2 % of their total emissions, usually because they're using offsets to compensate for just one segment of that total, like employee travel or the carbon footprint of a single product.
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«When individuals offset their carbon footprint through projects like CDI's Trees of Hope, they're not only taking action on their unavoidable, personal contribution to climate change, but they're also addressing challenges like food security and education because many farmers include income - generating crop trees in their plantings and use their carbon finance earnings to pay for their children's schooling fees.
The rapid growth of carbon footprints in wealthy countries led to concerns about carbon leakage — where climate mitigation policies in one country lead to increases in CO2 emissions elsewhere — and industrial competitiveness, because international mitigation targets were slated to apply to developed countries and not the Global South.
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