Food plays a role in climate change, but how much? Do your food choices really make a difference? Let’s get back to the hard numbers. Listen in.
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When it comes to doing something about climate change, your food choices matter.
Thanks for tuning in to Eating for Eden, a podcast that takes a food-first approach to climate action.
We’ve been given a beautiful garden to steward. It may seem like a small thing, but the food we eat plays a massive role in either contributing to or lessening carbon emissions.
I’m here to help you decide with intention what you’re putting on your plate and into your mouth (and thoroughly enjoy your food along the way).
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Resources and Works Cited
The Carbon Almanac, p. 201; see www.thecarbonalmanac.org/031 for their sources
The Carbon Almanac, p. 76; see www.thecarbonalmanac.org/022
The Carbon Almanac, p. 3; see www.thecarbonalmanac.org/003
Our World in Data, “Cutting down forests: what are the drivers of deforestation?”: https://ourworldindata.org/what-are-drivers-deforestation
Our World in Data, “Is our appetite for soy driving deforestation in the Amazon?”: https://ourworldindata.org/soy
The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/EAT
Our World in Data, “Consumption of animal products in the EAT-Lancet diet, 2017” (chart):
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/eat-lancet-diet-animal-products
EAT Forum: https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/the-planetary-health-diet-and-you/
Our World In Data, “You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local”: https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
The Proof podcast, episode 120, “Healing The Planet With Our Food Choices | Hannah Ritchie, PhD”: https://theproof.com/healing-the-planet-with-our-food-choices-with-dr-hannah-ritchie/
Our World in Data, “Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint”: https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat
Our World in Data, “If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares”: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
Hannah Ritchie, Not the End of the World (Little, Brown Spark, 2024), 158–161.
“Meat supply vs. GDP per capita, 2021,” Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat-consumption-vs-gdp-per-capita.
Full, former episodes referenced:
001 | Food: Climate Problem and Solution: https://open.substack.com/pub/edenandme/p/001-food-climate-problem-and-solution?r=2apafq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
002 | Perfection Isn’t the Goal: https://open.substack.com/pub/edenandme/p/002-perfection-isnt-the-goal?r=2apafq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
003 | What You Eat vs. Where It Comes From: https://open.substack.com/pub/edenandme/p/003-what-you-eat-vs-where-it-comes?r=2apafq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
017 | Efficiency: How Effective Is Your “Middle Cow”?: https://open.substack.com/pub/edenandme/p/017-efficiency-how-effective-is-your?r=2apafq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
023 | Taste and See: How Beauty Can Change Our Diets: https://open.substack.com/pub/edenandme/p/023-taste-and-see-how-beauty-can?r=2apafq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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