29th August 2024
After travel and accommodation, food maybe the next consideration. We can, whether eating out or self catering, make our diet more or less environmentally friendly depending on what we choose to eat. Choosing a plant based diet will have a lower environmental impact than one based on dairy and/or meat. “Avoiding meat and dairy products is one of the biggest ways to reduce your environmental impact, according to scientific studies” (1)
(1)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46459714
Further reading https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local