From the publisher: "Individual action is now recognized as one of the keys to tackling climate change – the greatest challenge facing humanity. How to Live a Low Carbon Life provides a comprehensive, one-stop reference guide to calculating individual carbon emissions and it lays out clear plans for how individuals can reduce their emissions. Covering all aspects of modern life from transport to home heating to where our food comes from to the vexing issue of holiday travel, the book provides easy-to-use tables for conducting a personal lifestyle ‘carbon audit’. Written in an optimistic tone, it shows how easy it is to take responsibility and reduce our personal carbon emissions. A companion website provides easy-to-use spreadsheets and up to the minute figures and product information.
Chris Goodall is chair of telecommunications software company Dynmark International, a member of the UK Competition Commission and Utilities Appeal Panel, and the Green Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a former director of Which? Ltd. Chris administers lowcarbonlife.net a website with the single purpose of helping individuals in the UK and elsewhere to do something about greenhouse gas emissions.
Contents
Introduction • The Modern Economy has Succeeded by Harnessing Fossil Fuel Energy to Improve Living Standards • No-one Else is doing Much, You’d Better Begin to do Something Yourself • Heating the Home • Water Heating and Cooking • Lighting • Household Appliances • Car Travel • Public Transport • Air Travel • Food • Other Indirect Emissions • Ways of Cancelling out Emissions • Conclusions • Appendices"