An award-winning, practical (and funny) guide to reducing your carbon footprint. Calculate your carbon footprint: with an item-by-item breakdown. Meet your company's carbon goals: using the latest research. Covid-19 and the carbon battle: understand the new global supply chain. The Carbon Footprint of Everything breaks items down by the amount of carbon they produce, creating a calorie guide for the carbon-conscious. With engaging writing, leading carbon expert Mike Berners-Lee shares new carbon calculations based on recent research. He considers the impact of the pandemic on the carbon battle--especially the embattled global supply chain--and adds items we didn't consider a decade ago, like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Previously published under title: How bad are bananas? Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2011.

A brief guide to carbon footprints -- Less than 10 grams -- 10 to 100 grams -- 100 to 500 grams -- 500 grams to 1 kilo -- 1 to 10 kilos -- 10 to 100 kilos -- 100 to 1,000 kilos -- 1 to 10 tons -- 10 to 1,000 tons -- Millions of tons -- Billions of tons -- Negative emissions -- What can we do? -- Where the numbers come from -- Appendix. Calculating footprints.