Dining with Discretion
Transcript of Dining with Discretion
Title Slide
Today’s Talk
Climate Change, SLC and the Household Footprint
Following the Food System
Psychology of Personal and Consumer Choice
Food Polices and Programs
Open Discussion / Q&A
Today’s Talk
Climate Change, SLC and the Household Footprint
Following the Food System
Psychology of Personal and Consumer Choice
Food Polices and Programs
Open Discussion / Q&A
Today’s Talk
Climate Change, SLC and the Household Footprint
Following the Food System
Psychology of Personal and Consumer Choice
Food Polices and Programs
Open Discussion / Q&A
Today’s Talk
Climate Change, SLC and the Household Footprint
Following the Food System
Psychology of Personal and Consumer Choice
Food Polices and Programs
Open Discussion / Q&A
Today’s Talk
Climate Change, SLC and the Household Footprint
Following the Food System
Psychology of Personal and Consumer Choice
Food Polices and Programs
Open Discussion / Q&A
Source: NOAA National Climate Assessment
Source: The Best Picture Project
Local Climate Change….
Photo: Ryan Jacobs
Source: ClimateCentral.org
Source: ClimateCentral.org
Source: National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
Source: National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
Source: National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
Source: National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
Source: National Climatic Data Center / NOAA
Community Footprint
Source: Salt Lake City Community Carbon Inventory
UT Household Footprint
Home Energy 34%
Transport 41%
Dietary Choices 25%
81,807 Lbs CO2 Annually3.07 People / Utah Household
81,807 Lbs CO2 Annually
Home Energy
27,876 - 34%
Dietary Choices
20,737 - 25%
Transportation
33,194 - 41%
Average Utah Household
Vegetarian 3 Days / Week 3,555 lbs
One Less RT Flight / Year 2,166 lbs
Caulking + Weatherstripping 800 lbs
Install 5 CFLs 500 lbs
Furnace Tune-up 300 lbs
ENERGY STAR Furnace 2,400 lbs
Eliminate Vampire (VCR + Stereo) 272 lbs
Cold Water Wash (All Clothes) 1,269 lbs
No Personal Vehicle 1 Day / Week 3,406 lbs
Footprint Reductions
Footprint Reductions
81,807 Lbs CO2 Annually
Home Energy
27,876 - 34%
Dietary Choices
20,737 - 25%
Transportation
33,194 - 41%
Average Utah Household
Buying 100% of food locally
Replacing red meat and dairy with chicken, fish, and eggs
Replacing red meat and dairy with vegetables and vegetable-based products
4,998 lbs
8,295 lbs
933 lbs
Title Slide
Lifecycle
Lifecycle Impacts
Copyright © Environmental Working Group (2012)
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• Agriculture accounts for 19-30% of anthropogenic (human caused)greenhouse gas emissions
GHG Emissions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2014)
Other Impacts
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/firemaps/
Other Impacts
Mark Kegans for The New York TimesAbout 2.7 million bushels of corn is piled 60 feet high on the ground beside full elevators at an agricultural coop in Ralston, Iowa
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Other Impacts
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Food Choice Trends
In terms of your eating preferences, do you consider yourself to be vegetarian, or not?Among U.S. Adults
Yes % No %
July 2012 5 94
July 2001 6 94
Sept 1999 6 94Source: Gallup
Food Choice Trends
Source: Humane Research Council, 2014
Food Choice Trends
Source: Humane Research Council, 2014
Food Choice Trends
Source: Humane Research Council, 2014
Food Choice Trends
Source: Humane Research Council, 2014
Unleash the Beast
Source: Beyond Meat
Unleash the Beast
Photo: Misha Gravenor, Outside Magazine
Unleash the Beast
The BEAST #nofilter
Title Slide
Policy
Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. Dust bowl surveying in Texas
Policy
Policy
Norman Borlaug, Nobel Prize biologist dubbed as the father of the green revolution, surrounded by agricultural trainees. Photograph: CIMMYT/Flickr
http://www.wired.com/2012/06/arsenic-pesticides-in-our-food/
Food Pyramid
1940 1954 1984
“Current evidence shows that the average U.S. diet has a larger environmental impact in terms of increased [greenhouse gas] emissions, land use, water use, and energy use. This is because the current U.S. population intake of animal-based foods is higher and plant-based foods are lower.”
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Take Action!
Source: Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health
Take Action!
Source: Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health
Take Action!
Source: Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health
Take Action!
Take Action!
Source: Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health
Closing Slide