The author of “Go Green, Get Lean”, Kate Geagan, has some great tips on how we can change our eating habits to help the environment.  Some of them include:

Meatless One Day a Week
Meat production consumes the most fossil fuels and simply skipping it one day a week can significantly reduce your carbon footprint.

Eat Local
Locally grown and produced foods, organic or not, have a much lower carbon footprint than a fruit that has been shipped here from South America.  Treating exotic foods as a once in a while treat rather than an everyday staple will go a long way towards greening your diet.

Avoid Bottled Drinks
The shipping costs on these are high both in cost and in carbon.  Consider tap water with powder juice crystals or a twist of lemon.

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