Archive for 'Enviro'

Go hug a tree!

Crossposted from my EchoDitto Blog As much as I love computers, and the internet, and our ever-impressive technologies (as you may have deduced from my last post), I’m actually more of a nature-loving hippie than you’d think (and no, the two are definitely not incompatible). A few years ago I spent two consecutive summers atRead More…

Carbon-footprint labels: are they even worth the effort?

Crossposted from my EchoDitto blog. Beginning in April, some food packaging in the UK will have a carbon-footprint label, informing consumers as to “how many grammes of carbon dioxide were emitted during production, from sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing and transporting the products to stores.” This program, run by The Carbon Trust, forces companies whoRead More…