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The planet & your health

Changing your diet alone won’t reverse climate change, but it can help. Here’s which foods and packaging are good for both your health and the planet’s.

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Sustainable eating

5 things to know about climate & health

What diet can protect both our health and our children's and grandchildren's future? In 2019, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, and Health unveiled its “planetary health diet.” 

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What to eat

Why a flexitarian diet matters for a planet in peril

Things aren’t looking good for Planet Earth. “If you look at average temperatures around the world going back to 1850, what’s most worrisome is the acceleration in climate change,” says Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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What to eat

Going flexitarian? Here's our guide.

Four steps hit the key elements of a flexitarian diet. Here's how to do it.

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Five reasons to fill your plate with plants

Red meat is in the hot seat these days. Experts call it both a threat to our health and the health of the planet our children will inherit. But it’s not just whether to cut back on red (and processed) meat. The question is: What will take its place?

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Sustainability

Is that food really 'carbon neutral'?

The world has to cut carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of climate change, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And by 2050, we need to hit “net zero”—that is, emissions must be matched by removals from the atmosphere.

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