Michael Pollan Carbon Footprint Quotations

Measured against the Problem We Face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it's one of the most powerful things an individual can do--to reduce your carbon footprint, sure, but more important, to reduce your sense of dependence and dividedness: to change the cheap-energy mind.

A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius.