Environmental cost of consumer goods
Project Earth
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4m 6s
Do you know how much your carbon footprint is when you consume some of your favorite foods?
A podcast by environmental non-profit Fair World Project, For a Better World, is examining the environmental and social cost of common consumer products and goods.
Anna Canning, the Campaigns Manager for Fair World Project, talks more about the podcast and what consumers should know about the environmental and social impact their favorite consumer products have.
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