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The looming presence of climate change has led many people to ask themselves if there are ways to reduce their personal emissions to help fight the problem. While the entire concept of blaming consumers for the climate crisis was started by British Petroleum in 2004 to shift the blame from corporations to individuals, our daily choices still have an impact on the climate. However, some choices are more carbon-intensive than others. What changes are actually worth making? To answer this loaded question, we now have the ULTIMATE Carbon Footprint Tier List!

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0:00 Intro
0:46 CO2e
1:44 Eat Less Beef
2:38 Eat Less Pork
2:54 Eat Less Chicken
3:17 Reduce Food Waste
4:05 Eat Local Produce
5:23 Avoid Fast Fashion
6:54 Cold Wash, Air Dry
7:41 Vegan Leather
8:29 Reusable Tote Bag
9:51 Take The Bus
10:49 Take The Subway
11:07 Bike/Walk More
11:36 Eco-Driving
12:47 Drive an EV
15:06 Fly Less
16:42 Switch to LEDs
17:39 Adjust Thermostat
18:05 Use Bamboo
18:46 Rooftop Solar
19:59 Vote For Policy
21:24 Reusable Bottles
22:22 Paper Vs. Plastic Straws
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REFERENCES:

Beef, pork, poultry:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
https://ourworldindata.org/food-choic...

Food waste:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/...

Fast fashion:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories...#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%20furnished,lost%20during%20the%20manufacturing%20phase.
https://www.aafaglobal.org/AAFA/Media...

Cold Wash, Air Dry:
https://sidepost.com.au/advice/how-ho...

Reusable Bags:
https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publication...

LEDS:
https://savecarbon.io/how-much-co2-ca...
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.ph...
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/building...

Thermostat:
https://www.academia.edu/206149/Reduc...
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/files/pdf/...

Driving less:
https://ourworldindata.org/travel-car...
https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/gre...

Eco-Driving:
https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/chief/confer...
https://www.cieca.eu/sites/default/fi...

Driving EVs:
https://theicct.org/publication/effec...
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck...
https://unctad.org/news/developing-co...


Fly Less:
https://theicct.org/wp-content/upload...
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissi...
https://www.oag.com/blog/air-travel-s....

Vote for Climate Policy:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
https://news.gallup.com/poll/474542/s....

Paper vs. Plastic Straws:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

Reusable Water Bottles:
https://sustainability.mit.edu/articl...
http://www.designlife-cycle.com/hydro....

Rooftop Solar:
https://www.solar.com/learn/what-is-t....
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.ph...
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.ph...
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56...

Vegan Leather:
https://goodonyou.eco/eco-friendly-le...
https://modernmeadow.com/biomaterials

Bamboo:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://drawdown.org/solutions/bamboo...

Local produce:
https://ourworldindata.org/food-choic...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

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