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What if you cut back on your coffee intake?
I understand what's at stake
Did you know that coffee consumption can have a significant impact on your carbon footprint?
Each cup of coffee adds 120 grams of CO₂e to your carbon footprint. For heavy coffee drinkers, this can easily amount to over 100 kgCO₂ per year.
Why is coffee’s carbon footprint so high?
- Coffee cultivation requires a lot of space. To clear new farmland, farmers have deforested wooded areas.
- To grow coffee, farmers use inputs (fertilizers, pesticides) that require energy and pollute the soil, air, and water.
Taking action
Here are a few tips for cutting back on your coffee consumption:
- Set a limit: for example, no more than two cups a day / just one on weekends…
- Try some alternatives to coffee: tea of course, but also lupin, chicory, barley, spelt… It’s becoming easier and easier to find these products in stores.
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