Camilla Gjerde.
How far would you go to reduce your carbon footprint? I calculated mine and was rather shocked to discover that, despite being a vegetarian, recycling meticulously, buying locally where I can and not owning a car, my annual footprint is well over the UK target.
My self-righteousness took a blow. The key culprit? Travel – flying, mainly – equating to eight tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Roughly the weight of 63 giant pandas, apparently.
Author Camilla Gjerde almost certainly has a lower carbon footprint than me. She stopped flying some time ago, as did Alsace winemaker Yannick Meckert, about whom she writes in her book Natural Trailblazers: 13 Ways to Climate- Friendly Wine (£29 Now What Publishing).
While carrying out research for the book, she travelled only by train and bike (save for a few emergency taxis).
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