Steven Disla is the Instructional Designer for the Center for Nutrition Studies and helped create the latest certificate program which focuses on the nexus between food, the environment, and governmental and economic policy. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville with degrees in Mass Communication and International Studies. Currently he is working on developing a permaculture food forest in North Carolina.
You consider your environmental footprint with all your food choices, but have you ever thought about the environmental “paw print” of your beloved pet?
Many environmental advocates have promoted eating locally as a way to reduce the carbon footprint of our diets, but are “food miles” really that significant? How does eating locally compare to eating plant-based foods as a means of mitigating climate change? Science has the answer!
Climate change is an existential crisis driven substantially by deforestation, which is driven in turn by food production. Along the way, the forces driving climate change also exploit people, degrade communities, and destroy biodiversity. A more sustainable and socially just future is possible. Learn how you can be a part of the solution.