Image: iFixit repair café in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
How does our consumer-focused economy impact climate change? And how does life cycle analysis help us understand these impacts? My editor at Science News Explores challenged me to answer these questions in a story for kids. This wasn’t easy.
Honestly, at first, I really didn’t want to write the story. The issues involved are so complex and far-reaching that it seemed too tough to tackle.
I read two books that helped me focus my thoughts. The first was: Fixation: How to Have Stuff Without Breaking the Planet by Sandra Goldmark. The second: The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee. I highly recommend both of them.
Here’s my story about bending the harmful arrow of take-make-use-toss into a circle of reduce-reuse-repair-recycle-remake.
Creating less new stuff could greatly help Earth’s climate
Here’s why scientists recommend moving to a cycle of reduce, reuse, repair and remake
Science News Explores, March 16, 2023
