You can have a big impact on moving us all toward a greener future in the individual choices you make each day. These are some of the easiest and most effective ways, in four key areas, to reduce our carbon footprint and help improve our quality of life. (more…)
June 3, 2010
Food and Climate Change
Much of the imported food we eat travels more than 5,000 kilometers from the farm to your plate. Decisions we make about what we eat can therefore have a huge impact on the climate. (more…)
Eat sustainable seafood
Choosing sustainable seafood is a simple and effective way you can help promote healthy oceans (as well as healthy humans). Whether you are dining in a restaurant, shopping in a grocery store or buying directly from a fisher, asking for sustainable seafood will support healthier oceans for generations to come. (more…)
Change starts with your stomach
It’s not only what vehicle we drive or how we heat our homes that determines our carbon footprint. The food we eat also has an impact. Understanding the resources that go into producing our food as well as what it takes to store and transport it can make us more aware of the relationship between food and climate. (more…)
Green Your Daily Routine
Too often we are presented with environmental problems without being given the tools to act. The ICF is about taking action to be a part of the solution. (more…)
12 Steps to Combat Climate Change
Whether you are an individual, an organization, a business, or a government, there are a number of steps you can take to reduce your carbon emissions, the total of which is described as your carbon footprint. You may think you don’t know where to begin, but by reading this, you have already begun. (more…)
