EVER wondered what the carbon footprint of a text message is? Or a pint of milk? Or perhaps a pair of trousers? Well, Mike Berners-Lee has done the number-crunching to come up with the answers.
As we are exposed to a flood of all-too-often contradictory tips on greener living, making environmentally responsible decisions can be a perplexing business. Berners-Lee wants this to change, and the declared purpose of his book is to give us all the 鈥渃arbon instinct鈥�.
How Bad Are Bananas? is packed with information about the everyday things we do and use that perhaps we did not realise had any impact on the environment at all. It鈥檚 an engaging book that manages to present serious science without preaching. It offers tools that any reader will be able use to make informed choices, and even seasoned eco-enthusiasts will be in for plenty of surprises.
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How Bad Are Bananas? The carbon footprint of everything
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