David Carroll, the county’s director of Sustainability announced last month that the county’s goal is to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent. That’s about 142,700 metric tons, or about 314.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide for those of you not using the metric system.
I’ve been trying to come up with a way to make that number relevant to us regular Joes. (more…)
Those raspberries you’re enjoying this winter are contributing to global warming
So says David Carroll, the county’s environmental czar.
Carroll was appointed director of sustainability in May. He explained that a big portion of his mandate is looking at changing “how we live today, so we don’t diminish the quality of life tomorrow; looking at how we use energy, how we use products.”
And that brings us to raspberries. Those winter berries are grown in places such s South America and flown up here.
“Are raspberries really necessary in the middle of winter?” Carroll asked. “All these uses of energy for a product that is not absolutely necessary all have high energy costs and high greenhouse gas costs.” (more…)