Learning, teaching, research, work, and travel can be a challenge during a global pandemic, but the changes we’ve all made have also added up to a record drop in global greenhouse gas emissions. It’s also caused a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent on Zoom, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, or other virtual meeting platforms. A recent study1 conducted by researchers at Purdue, MIT, and Yale suggests2 that due to the way that conferencing data is processed and transferred across the Internet, turning off the camera during video calls could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of virtual conferencing by 96%. Should we all be leaving our camera off during our next virtual meeting to “save the planet”?
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Have Yourself a Greener Thanksgiving
As the Thanksgiving season quickly approaches, I can sometimes find it too easy to get caught up in being the ‘perfect’ advocate for the environment. The holiday season is first and foremost about gratitude and being with the people you love. Although this list is geared towards the Thanksgiving table in New York, these ideas can be utilized by anyone, anywhere, no matter your tradition or how to choose to honor this time off. That being said, here are a few tips on how to have a more sustainable Thanksgiving.