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The Carbon Footprint of Everything Kindle Edition
“I can’t remember the last time I read a book that was more fascinating and useful and enjoyable.”—Bill Bryson
Reduce your carbon footprint and understand the issue with this “up-to-date life guide for carbon-conscious readers.”—Kirkus
- Calculate your carbon footprint: with an item-by-item breakdown.
- Meet your company’s carbon goals: using the latest research.
- Covid-19 and the carbon battle: understand the new global supply chain.
The Carbon Footprint of Everything breaks items down by the amount of carbon they produce, creating a calorie guide for the carbon-conscious. With engaging writing, leading carbon expert Mike Berners-Lee shares new carbon calculations based on recent research. He considers the impact of the pandemic on the carbon battle—especially the embattled global supply chain—and adds items we didn’t consider a decade ago, like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Supported by solid research, cross-referenced with other expert sources, illustrated with easy-to-follow charts and graphs, and written with Berners-Lee’s trademark sense of humor, The Carbon Footprint of Everything should be on everyone’s bookshelf.
The Carbon Footprint of Everything is an extensively revised and updated edition of How Bad Are Bananas.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGreystone Books
- Publication dateApril 26, 2022
- File size5337 KB
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The first edition won the 2012 Green Book Festival Award
“Deftly blends intelligence with entertainment, perhaps creating a unique genre: a page-turner for the climate-conscious.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A user-friendly reminder of our environmental impact... [that] will find an audience among patrons concerned about climate change.”
—Booklist, STARRED review
“An easy, often amusing read…Readers can enjoy the fun as Berners-Lee reveals the carbon footprints of hundreds of elements in our lives.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Praise for There Is No Planet B
“I can’t remember the last time I read a book that was more fascinating and useful and enjoyable.”
—Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body
“There is no Planet B is a massively entertaining compendium of bite-sized facts … It’s also massively important, given the current state of the planet.”
—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and American Earth
“There is no Planet B is a rallying cry for a generation worried that they will inherit a world shorn of nature’s wonders and of the freedoms and opportunities we take for granted… [this book] will go a long way to ensuring the planet we hand on may just be liveable.”
—Adrian Barnett, New Scientist
“Who should read There is no Planet B? Everyone. Mike Berners-Lee has written a far-ranging and truth-telling handbook that is as readable as it is instructive.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
About the Author
Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since the mid-1980s and now has nearly 500 titles to his credit. He has won two Audie Awards and several AudioFile Earphones Awards. A PhD and a professional actor, Michael is also a retired professor of theater.
Product details
- ASIN : B09NF66SLB
- Publisher : Greystone Books; 2nd edition (April 26, 2022)
- Publication date : April 26, 2022
- Language : English
- File size : 5337 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 303 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #499,824 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #219 in Environmental Science (Kindle Store)
- #364 in Conservation
- #1,463 in Science & Math (Kindle Store)
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About the author
Mike Berners-Lee is author of the timely best-sellers 'There Is No Planet B' and 'How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything'. An expert in sustainability, he is a professor at Lancaster University, UK and founder and director of Small World Consulting, which is a world leader in the field of supply chain carbon metrics and management. He has made numerous speaking, radio and television broadcast appearances to promote public awareness of climate change issues. About his book, 'The Carbon Footprint of Everything', Bill Bryson wrote: "I can't think of the last time I read a book that was more fascinating, and useful and enjoyable all at the same time".
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2024Great information, very eye-opening. Well written and easy to read. Seems pretty dorky in concept, but it is a great book to read if you want to be more aware of the world around you.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023The author mentions that when it comes to price, we generally have a good idea of how much something in our everyday life costs in dollars without actually having to check. But when it comes to the carbon footprint of goods and services in our lives, we often have not the slightest clue of their true impact (and the little intuition that we do have can often be horribly inaccurate.) This book helps with that issue tremendously. While you're not going to remember the exact numbers of everything from it, it will give you a much better sense of scale of the impact of certain goods and services. And it's a great book to have so that you can use it as a reference before making certain decisions.
Aside from a helpful guide, it also shows that there are many aspects of our current everyday life that are straight up unsustainable, and it gives some occasional tips on how to make your life more sustainable while still pleasant (and at times even better.)
Some will say you can skim it, but I really wouldn't recommend that: it's helpful to know what's relatively harmless, moderately bad, and absolutely unsustainable. But if you aren't willing to read it cover to cover, at the very latest I'd start at page 67.
I would recommend reading this book with a calculator next to you, as there are times where you need to multiply numbers in order to get an idea of their true impact. But even if you don't do that, you'll still learn a ton.
There are a couple of things that I believe are slightly off or missing appropriate context. Even still, they are relatively minor and not particularly impactful mistakes (assuming that I'm correct), and overall this book is an unparalleled resource. I am unaware of any other book, website, application or other resource that is as accessible and useful as this one is for reducing one's carbon footprint and making informed choices. I extremely recommend this book for everyone.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023The Carbon Footprint of Everything is a book that directly addresses our individual ability to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment. In it, Mike Berners-Lee considers the carbon cost of items, including the energy to produce and transport them. This allows us to consider alternatives and choose the less environmentally destructive option.
By the way, bananas are pretty good options since they come in their own naturally-formed packaging. Ironically, I read his section on bananas the same day I saw a viral photo of bananas being sold in plastic packaging after being sorted by ripeness. I hope it is a hoax, but people seem to like the idea. If I worked at a desk, I would pound my head on it.
I like that this book gives you guidance so you can compare two or more options. After reading it, you will want to keep it as a handbook to look things up when you need to comparison shop.
I like this book quite a bit. I thought it likely that a book emphasizing individual choices to combat climate change might be unrealistic and judgmental. Instead, it is merely unrealistic. I mean, we have experienced extraordinary extreme weather, fires, hurricanes, floods, and heat domes. But look, we can buy bananas sorted by ripeness in convenient plastic packaging.
While we, as individuals, can have a small impact on climate change, our greatest impact is who we vote for. Individual morality is not the answer. Strong government action and regulation of industry will do far more. Nonetheless, until governments start taking this as seriously as is needed, we, as individuals need to do what we can.
A lot of things can be sold and used without packaging. There are shampoo and dish soap in bar form so no plastic bottle is needed. There is laundry detergent pressed into sheets of ‘paper’ that dissolve in water so no plastic. Glass bottles can be washed again and again and they don’t wear out. You can was plastic food bags and reuse them. So we can do what we can, but no matter how much we do, if industry and government do not take action, the most righteous environmentalist keeping well below the goal of 5 tons per year will only have minimal effect.
I received an ARC of The Carbon Footprint of Everything from the publisher through LibraryThing.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2022Learning what everyday things contribute to the current climate crisis is a must. I liked it so much I sent copies to my kids. I read the first chapter and found it most useful in providing a quantitative basis. One could then pick any chapter at random and learn about specific items that one can do.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 20225 stars, Eye Opener
THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF EVERYTHING
by Mike Berners-Lee
This is a book that should be included in the curriculum for all high school students and every US adult. The author breaks down the carbon footprint of everything, so you know just how much of a footprint you are leaving and how much everyone else is leaving as well.
A typical American family has very little of a carbon footprint compared to the jet-setters that are flying all over in their private jets.
An electric car has a huge footprint since all components have to be mined and manufactured for use. All of the cell phones and computers are only used for a year or two and then discarded because everyone has to have the most advanced product available to stay on top of things.
Why can't items be created to last? Why have we become a disposable society? I myself prefer to purchase a quality, affordable product that lasts for several years, if not, for my entire lifetime. Why can't we have that?
Highly recommend it as an eye opener for consumers and activists alike. Saving the planet isn't about recycling, it's about not being a disposable society.
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Top reviews from other countries
- peter walfordReviewed in Canada on July 15, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Everybodyt needs this book and the information in it if we are to save our a** as a civilization
Excellent material; this could be represented in apps and visual media probably better than in written word. I hope the author takes it to that level. A big thank you for all the thousands of hours it must have taken to assemble the content
Dr Peter Walford
- PeterReviewed in Germany on September 22, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Good CO2 situation overview
Really liked to structure of the book. The approach is also nice - the author is not preaching but just presenting facts, leaving many conclusions to the readers.
- MD78Reviewed in Singapore on September 15, 2024
3.0 out of 5 stars Mmmm , good but ….
I rated 3 stars because anyway there is something to “ take “ , but as also the author often remembers, the evaluations have a lot of factors that can affect the results