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The Climate Diet: 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint

The Climate Diet: 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint

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  • Create Date：2021-04-17 05:31:07
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  • Author：Paul Greenberg
  • ISBN：0593296761
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Reviews

Erica Cirino ，

In THE CLIMATE DIET， Paul Greenberg provides fresh， actionable suggestions most of us can incorporate into our lives to shrink our carbon footprints。 Full of easily digestible facts and figures， and an endless array of helpful ideas， the CLIMATE DIET is a nearly pocket-sized manual for living more sustainably in a warming world。

Sarahschenckfilms ，

Paul Greenberg has a knack for demystifying complex subjects。 This book is will help you change the world for the better without driving yourself crazy。

Ty Sorensen ，

Paul Greenberg’s “The Climate Diet 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint” provides excellent insight for decreasing one’s contribution to climate change for those with little background knowledge on the topic。 However， if you’re already familiar with climate change mitigation strategies， this book is unlikely to provide you with new and unique ideas。 While Greenberg provides numerous statistics and interesting facts throughout the book， many of his solutions lack ingenuity。 For instance， Paul Greenberg’s “The Climate Diet 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint” provides excellent insight for decreasing one’s contribution to climate change for those with little background knowledge on the topic。 However， if you’re already familiar with climate change mitigation strategies， this book is unlikely to provide you with new and unique ideas。 While Greenberg provides numerous statistics and interesting facts throughout the book， many of his solutions lack ingenuity。 For instance， to decrease emissions resulting from the heating or cooling one’s home， Greenberg suggests simply turning down the thermostat during the winter or purchasing an extremely expensive heat pump。 Although Greenberg proves that these solutions can be effective in decreasing personal emissions， these ideas lack creativity。 While reading this section I found myself wondering why Greenberg did not introduce unique suggestions such as planting deciduous trees around one’s home， an easy and effective way of reducing carbon emissions associated with residential climate control as the leaves of deciduous trees provide shade during the summer （reducing the need for air conditioning） while the branches and trunk of the trees act as wind barriers during the winter （reducing the home’s heat loss）， all while sequestering carbon as the trees grow。 I personally would have found this book much more captivating had Greenberg provided more nuanced and creative ideas like the one suggested above。 While some solutions lacked originality， others lacked sufficient explanation。 For example， Greenberg suggests purchasing frozen food on the basis that it is often transported by ship。 While he justifies this solution by explaining that ships produce less emissions than planes or trucks， he does not discuss the emissions resulting from the energy needed to power the freezers that are likely required to keep the food frozen。 As he does not appear to account for the energy required to power freezers， I found myself wondering if buying frozen food was truly as beneficial as he suggests。 Does purchasing frozen food really reduce emissions overall if that same food spends weeks or months in freezers during transport， in warehouses or supermarkets？ If Greenberg would have provided greater analysis， I do not believe I would have been left with questions such as this one。 As the purpose of this book is clearly to increase sustainable practices， it is rather ironic that the physical copy of the book appears to be produced in a manner that does not contribute to sustainability。 This is exhibited by the fact that the Penguin edition of the book provides no indication that it is printed on recycled paper or that the paper is produced from sustainably harvested trees。 Additionally， the layout is a wasteful way to use paper as the book contains 47 blank pages （approximately 1/3 of its total length）。 I hope that the publisher （or the author） will take notice of this oversight and pursue a “simple way to trim” their carbon footprint by printing future copies of this book in a more sustainable manner。 。。。more