Targeted help from governments can help us reduce our carbon footprint

People in rich countries can lead clean lives quicker if governments make it easy for them to ditch dirty habits. In an article on the Deutsche Welle website, Ajit Niranjan discusses what can be done to reduce our carbon footprint. How can governments help people cut their carbon footprint? Some of the most powerful … Continue reading Targeted help from governments can help us reduce our carbon footprint →

Understanding the carbon footprint of ChatGPT

Kate Saenko, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Boston University provides a very interesting article on The Conversation website about the impact of the carbon footprint of AI models. This is definitely going to get more and more important. Interestingly, the author is on leave from Boston University to work at Meta, Inc. so she … Continue reading Understanding the carbon footprint of ChatGPT →

New research shows promise in reducing the carbon emissions of fertilisers

Nitrogen fertiliser is considered one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. But production is dirty, and expensive. A group of scientists think they can change that. Tom Bawden discusses in an article on the inews website. Carbon footprint of gardening slashed after breakthrough in fertiliser emissions Fruit and vegetables could become … Continue reading New research shows promise in reducing the carbon emissions of fertilisers →

French blockbuster exhibitions making efforts to improve museum sustainability

One exhibit in France consumed the water of 454 Olympic swimming pools, the annual energy of 23 French households and emitted the greenhouse gases of 74 round trips by plane from Paris to Marseille. This is not sustainable. Guergana Guintcheva, Professeur de Marketing at EDHEC Business School, in an article on The Conversation website, discusses … Continue reading French blockbuster exhibitions making efforts to improve museum sustainability →

How are websites reducing their carbon footprint?

Sean McManus writes on the BBC News website about the carbon footprint of websites and what some organisations are doing to reduce it. What are your views? How slimmed-down websites can cut their carbon emissions "I'm horrified," says Valentina Karellas. "I know grams because I work with them every day and I know how … Continue reading How are websites reducing their carbon footprint? →

Wood burning in homes produces more small particle pollution than all road traffic in the UK

Wood burning has increased in popularity over recent years, yet it remains a major source of air pollution. Damian Carrington has written several articles in The Guardian on the subject but this piece from February highlights the issues. EiD notes that in our neighbourhood of Paris (including several in our building), many are still having … Continue reading Wood burning in homes produces more small particle pollution than all road traffic in the UK →

Understanding the carbon footprint of coffee consumption

Luciano Rodrigues Viana, Charles Marty, Jean-François Boucher and Pierre-Luc Dessureault, all of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) write on The Conversation website about better understanding the carbon footprint of coffee. They decided to study the carbon footprint of several techniques used to prepare coffee at home, and it turns out that coffee capsules … Continue reading Understanding the carbon footprint of coffee consumption →

The future of climate-friendly travel

Travel allows us to explore other cultures, but it's also harmful for the environment. Can changing your mode of transportation make a difference? Lisa Stüve discusses the issue in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. How bad for the environment is traveling? Recent summers have brought about seemingly more extreme weather events, while … Continue reading The future of climate-friendly travel →

The carbon footprint of our emails

Luciano Rodrigues Viana, Doctorant en sciences de l'environnement, Département des sciences fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC); Jean-François Boucher, Professeur, Eco-consulting, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) ; and Mohamed Cheriet, Professor, Engineering Department, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) write on The Conversation website about the carbon footprint left by emails. They feel most … Continue reading The carbon footprint of our emails →

A two-hour streamed film pollutes as much as a 45-minute car drive

Stefano Bonetti, Professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice writes on The Conversation website about the carbon footprint of video streaming. What are your views? Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet’s hidden carbon footprint We are used to thinking that going … Continue reading A two-hour streamed film pollutes as much as a 45-minute car drive →