week 3

Nilgün Baykara

//https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714

Scientists proved that some food have a big impact on environmental footprint. In my previous post, there are some foods causing CO2 emissions. But majority of people do not know how much they contribute to climate change by eating these foods and what kind of foods have a bigger environmental impact. If we could see how the food choices we made impacts on the environment, we may reduce our CO2 emissions coming from these specific foods.

Good news!!!

There is already a food calculator, designed by Prina Shah, developed by Felix Stephenson and Becky Rush.

To see how much a food contributes to climate change, the only thing you need to do is to choose which food it is and how often do you consume it.

Let’s say you choose beef and you are eating it 1-2 times a week.

Then the estimated CO2 production is converted into what it means in different areas to understand better how it contributes CO2 emissions.

Also in the BBC page it is explained that how the calculator made, how the size of the portions are estimated. If you are interested in then I suggest you to check the website… 😉