How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis – We must cut carbon emissions to halt climate change. But they aren’t just produced by driving a car or heating a home. Upfront carbon – all emissions involved in manufacturing an item – can dwarf operating emissions, which is why when you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes.

Lloyd Alter has been an architect, real estate developer, prefab proselytizer and writer, and is a Past President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. He teaches Sustainable Design at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has contributed to many publications, including The Guardian, Passive House +, Green Building Advisor, and Azure Magazines, and was a contributor and editor at Treehugger.com for 15 years. Lloyd is the author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle, from New Society Publishers. His latest book, The Story of Upfront Carbon, examines the carbon emitted while making everything in our lives, from iPhones to hamburgers (and yes, buildings). He currently writes at Carbon Upfront! https://lloydalter.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips