A carbon diet is a term for reducing your carbon footprint through changes in your lifestyle and practices. Like traditional food diets, this can be a temporary change or a life change; a carbon diet can be strict or loose; and there are many different diet gurus around to lead you in the path of reduced usage of our planet's resources.
Carbon dieters may make small changes in their home, such as replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs; unplugging electronic equipment; hanging clothes to dry instead of using a dryer; changing to natural gas from electric appliances; wrapping water heaters; installing storm windows; and other methods of reducing energy usage. Typically, carbon diets involve a great reduction in driving automobiles, either replacing car commutes with bicycling, walking or public transportation; combining trips; tele-commuting; or carpooling. Carbon dieters will likely avoid flying as airplane travel is the biggest part of many individuals' carbon emissions.
Carbon diets also often include a change in diet, either switching from meat to vegetarian cuisine, eating more local and seasonal produce, or a combination of those strategies.
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