Care For Our Common Home

Climate Change

When we waste food, we waste all the water, soil, and energy it takes to grow, transport and distribute our food. When food waste ends up in our landfills and decays, it creates methane gas which is 25 times a more powerful pollutant than carbon dioxide.

Note that the carbon footprint of food waste exceeds that of the entire airline industry; food waste also creates a greenhouse gas footprint bigger than all countries, except China and the U.S.A.

Read More: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/carbon-footprint-food-waste-bigger-most-countries

Grow Your Climate Change Vocabulary:

Integral Ecology

Integral ecology is a key concept in chapter four of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’. It flows from his understanding that “everything is closely related” and that “today’s problems call for a vision capable of taking into account every aspect of the global crisis.” Read more.