Your Carbon Footprint, Explained

Is tofu imported from China more environmentally friendly than beef from my local farmers’ market? If my family already consumes a lot, is having a third kid dooming the planet? Mark Fischetti and Kim Nicholas join us for a Please Explain on how your choices affect your carbon footprint. Fischetti is the Senior Editor of Sustainability for Scientific American. Nicholas is a Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) in Sweden, whose piece for Scientific American is titled "A Hard Look in the Climate Mirror."

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This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.