blog #15
A Hard Look in the Climate Mirror
by Kimberly A. Nicholas
July 12th, 2017
Within her article, Nicholas discusses lifestyle changes that individuals can employ to lessen their carbon emissions, the first of which is eating a plant based diet. By eliminating meat consumption, you can lessen your carbon emissions four times more effectively than recycling for a year. The second two points are about transportation. Flying less and going car free dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and can help reduce obesity rates as well. What makes the most dramatic impact is having fewer children, lowering global population is the most effective method to combat climate change and global carbon emissions.
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