Carbon footprint issue
Carbon footprint remains a term that is relatively abstract to a lot of people. We may be aware of the consequences of high carbon emissions, however quantifying those and understanding individual impact is difficult, even for those environmentally conscious. It might be easier to understand a hierarchal difference in carbon emissions caused by different modes of transport, or types of food, however one being an effect of our simplest daily activities, such as shopping, remains a mystery.
How to simplify this information and promote responsible choices in society? I propose a simple traffic light labelling for carbon emissions caused during production alongside the nutritional information currently existing on food labelling.
