By: Shubir Kapoor The global food system, which spreads across production and post-farm activities such as processing and distribution is a key contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It’s a problem for which we don’t yet have viable technological solutions. A study conducted by the University of Oxford in 2018 revealed 13.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq)…
Three Steps to Sustainable Home Heating
By: Bob DeAngelis (Photo credit: HeatSmart Westchester) For much of history, we have burned things to heat our homes: wood, oil and gas. Now we know that burning fossil fuels contributes significantly to global warming as well as creating other forms of pollution. So what option do we have? If I were building a new home, I would choose a…
