{"id":15173,"date":"2012-12-06T12:17:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15173"},"modified":"2012-12-06T12:17:26","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T18:17:26","slug":"the-carbon-footprint-of-santas-trip-around-the-world-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-carbon-footprint-of-santas-trip-around-the-world-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carbon Footprint of Santa&#039;s Trip Around the World [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flying reindeer and a sleigh would seem like a pretty eco-friendly form of travel&#8230; but even Santa has <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2012\/10\/27\/measuring-organisations-carbon-footprints\/\">a carbon footprint<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2010\/03\/embodied-energy-soccer-ball\/\">Toys take energy to make<\/a>, lumps of coal are carbon-intensive, and reindeer produce methane just like cattle. It&#8217;s enough to make a good greenie feel a bit guilty on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p>Not to fear, though: our friends at Ethical Ocean have some suggestions for St. Nick and team (as well as the children he&#8217;ll visit) for cutting the carbon on his flight around the world. (Click for a larger version)<\/p>\n<p>Got other ideas for Santa on cutting his environmental impact? Share them below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalocean.com\/content\/santas-carbon-footprint-infographic-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Santa's Carbon Footprint\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ethicalocean.com\/blog_images\/carbon-footprint-santa-infographic-2012.png\" alt=\"Santa's Carbon Footprint\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>via Ethical Ocean &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalocean.com\">eco friendly products<\/a>, fair trade and vegan shopping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying reindeer and a sleigh would seem like a pretty eco-friendly form of travel&#8230; but even Santa has a carbon footprint. Toys take energy to make, lumps of coal are carbon-intensive, and reindeer produce methane just like cattle. Here are some suggestions for St. Nick and team for cutting the environmental impact of their annual trip around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[827,184,85,4961,6229,2175],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Santa&#039;s Carbon Footprint [Infographic]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Traveling by flying reindeer &amp; sleigh still has an environmental impact - check out Santa&#039;s carbon footprint for delivering all of those toys.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-carbon-footprint-of-santas-trip-around-the-world-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Santa&#039;s Carbon Footprint [Infographic]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Traveling by flying reindeer &amp; sleigh still has an environmental impact - 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