Sentences with phrase «less of a carbon footprint»

«People are moving away from glass and plastic and moving to products with less of a carbon footprint,» he says.

Cloth diapers are certainly cheaper and better for the environment, creating less of a carbon footprint.

You will ultimately leave less of a carbon footprint and save money on actual diapers.

«Maybe you're a small - time farmer in Alberta and you want to cut costs and leave less of a carbon footprint,» Bujak said.

Not exact matches

Indeed, the company claims the carbon footprint of one of its suborbital flights will be less than that of a one - way flight from London to New York.

The reactors — six - foot - tall metal and glass boxes that glow seafoam green when at work — mimic what happens to carbon after millennia of pressure, but faster, with less human labor and a carbon - neutral footprint.

«They also improve the health of soil and have a low carbon footprint, requiring less energy to grow.»

serving of Vertical Water has approximately 1/3 the calories, 1/3 the sugar and travels less than 1/3 the distance from forest to table (that means that Vertical Water has a smaller carbon footprint, it is exclusively sourced and bottled in the U.S.).

Commenting on the report, Professor Tim Benton of the University of Leeds said: «The biggest intervention people could make towards reducing their carbon footprints would not be to abandon cars, but to eat significantly less red meat.»

By eliminating this packaging (bottles, corks, capsules, labels and cases), there is a lot less to ship and recycle, lowering the carbon footprint of the wine and hospitality industries.

In the future, if China's households save less, more of the country's money will be spent on services and everyday goods, which have a smaller aggregate carbon footprint.

In contrast, burglar alarms represented the least desirable measure as they were least effective (offering less protection than no security) and had a high carbon footprint — and one of the lowest carbon payback ratios.

This simple switch could pave the way toward a more environmentally friendly method of extracting natural gas that would do less collateral damage to the land and water while dramatically reducing fracking's carbon footprint at the same time.

Analyses revealed that, compared with activated carbon, production of the hybrid material consumed less energy («embodied energy») while leaving a much lower carbon footprint.

This suits me just fine since I train in small sessions throughout the day and I can't be bothered with using the car to get to the gym all the time (As an added advantage I consume less fossil fuel these days thus reducing the size of my carbon footprint on the planet.

This 2017 MINI Clubman Cooper S is proudly offered by Mini Of Dutchess County The greater your fuel - efficiency, the less your carbon footprint.

The publishing industry has extolled the virtues of digital publishing — less waste, lower transport and delivery costs, a reduced carbon footprint — especially where periodicals are concerned, but there is more to delivering e-content in the form of newspapers and magazines than simply browsing through a magazine while... [Read more...]

The publishing industry has extolled the virtues of digital publishing — less waste, lower transport and delivery costs, a reduced carbon footprint — especially where periodicals are concerned, but there is more to delivering e-content in the form of newspapers and magazines than simply browsing through a magazine while you wait for the train.

Nowadays, however, as Americans increasingly seek to reduce their carbon footprint, to eat and shop locally, to return to a simpler, less consumption - centered way of life, it's time we all stopped to consider not just the food that goes into our mouths but the millions of tons that bypasses our plates entirely.

Not only is living on less more economically, it allows you to reduce your carbon footprint, need less in retirement as well and spend more time doing what you love instead of working.

Whilst also using old preloved textiles to encourage a less wasteleful lifestyle and to reduce my own personal carbon footprint, limits me more and is a challeng as I will not buy anything new, as this in my minds eye defeats the object of my series.

Lightweighted packaging configurations are often marketed to consumers as being more affordable, more convenient and making less of an environmental impact by taking up less volume, and companies cite the practice as reducing a company's carbon footprint, as well as costs, throughout the supply chain.

This has the unpleasant side effect of generating a good - sized carbon footprint for transportation, as well as the loss of potential business for local growers, whose veggies and fruits may be less exciting than avocados, but are arguably more nutritious and definitely fresher.

Read on for the comment I just posted on the piece, by Katie Herzog *, which hailed the prospect of fewer hills, less traffic and a benefit when it comes to global warming: «Yes, it's stressful to know that you're going to die in one of Seattle's 30,000 predicted landslides, but look on the bright side: The carbon footprint of your lifeless body sliding downhill is zero.»

Now I am significantly downsizing my house, moving into the ground floor and basement while renting out the upper floors; the best way to reduce my particular carbon footprint isn't to wrap my old house in foam but to simply use less of it.

The reason for its large Footprint and less favorable results when compared with Germany overall is, in particular, the energy mix in North - Rhine Westphalia, or more specifically its carbon intensity of electricity.

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.

WRAP say that, since 2012, the carbon footprint of clothing in the UK has been reduced by 700,000 tonnes CO2, thanks to people washing their clothes at lower temperatures, and ironing and tumble drying less frequently.

The average American carbon footprint (from driving, home energy use, and flying) is approximately 18 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, but you can of course offset less or more than that if you like.

The consumption - based emissions (carbon footprint) in each country consist of the production - based emissions, less emissions to produce exports, including emissions in other countries to produce imports.

Liberal environmentalist non-profits are urging people to eat organic, consume less meat, and consider the carbon footprint of their Thanksgiving feast, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Think of the resulting reduction in the government's carbon footprint — less travel, less paper, less electricity,....

Suggestions are presented on how to reduce your carbon «footprint» or impact on the environment such as recycling, using compact fluorescents instead of light bulbs, minimizing use of appliances and unplugging those not needed, eating less meat, buying less, and getting involved in the community.

Not only has the Balanced Fund largely outperformed the S&P 500 Index over the past five years; the Fund's carbon footprint is 49.5 percent less carbon intensive than that of the S&P 500, according to a recent analysis undertaken for Green Century by Trucost.

Another measure of success or failure is the willingness of Californians to accept a less energy intensive lifestyle once their individual carbon footprints have been greatly reduced.

That means that the rest of your food's carbon footprint comes from your driving to the store or restaurant to get it, as driving in a family vehicle is far less efficient than your food's travel in a tightly - packed semi-truck.

TreeHugger keeps saying that one of the best things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to eat less meat; in the UK some are even proposing that it be rationed.

Personal carbon footprints are less precise but still give a quick, general idea of CO2 output.

Wind was by far the most promising, Jacobson said, owing to a better - than 99 percent reduction in carbon and air pollution emissions; the consumption of less than 3 square kilometers of land for the turbine footprints to run the entire U.S. vehicle fleet (given the fleet is composed of battery - electric vehicles); l the savings of about 15,000 lives per year from premature air - pollution - related deaths from vehicle exhaust in the United States; and virtually no water consumption.

While it is accepted knowledge among enviro - types that eating less meat is a clear way to reduce carbon footprint and CO2 emissions, Swedes (and all of Europe) seem to have left it out of its top 10 ideas for reducing emissions, concentrating efforts instead on transport - still a worthy endeavor to be sure.

Bicycles take up much less space, have a fraction of the carbon footprint as cars, but must constantly be aware of vehicular behemoths, when obeying all of the rules of the road.

D - Link has gone green - updating two of its Wi - Fi routers to use less energy and therefore cut down your carbon footprint.

Sold in packaging which is 20 % recycled, the paint is 90 % less solvent than standard emulsions and has carbon footprint that is 50 % lower than other ranges, highlighting Dulux's commitment to reducing fuel consumption and the use of hazardous chemicals.