When day turns to night, don't add to the fright. This Ecoween leave your car at home and trick-or-treat locally. If you are venturing outside of your neighborhood, lessen your family's carbon footprint by going on foot and pushing babies in their strollers or pulling wee ones too tired to walk in wagons.
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The word "locavore" — only eating foods produced within 100 miles of where you live — was nonexistent a few years ago, but has since become a part of mainstream vocabulary, particularly in cities like San Francisco and New York.
But a recent piece by Conservation magazine, entitled "The Problem of What to Eat," questions the status quo of whether buying local really does reduce one's carbon emission. It's obvious that local produce has a lower carbon footprint when compared to air-freighted foods, but it's actually unclear when comparing local foods to those arriving by sea, rail, or road.
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You might remember that presidential candidate John McCain couldn't recall how many homes he owned. Given that, he probably doesn't know what the carbon footprint of these homes is either. Can you guess?
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I am not a fan of processed foods. Although I am not always successful I do try to avoid food with ingredients that I don't recognize and cannot pronounce.
I now have another motivation to steer clear of packaged, processed and engineered foods – the environment.
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