Building a Sustainable Kitchen is the thoroughly researched and realistic step-by-step guide every climate-conscious cook needs to make the heart of their home more planet-friendly. When Canadian food writer Naomi Hansen first started a “sustainability” blog, she was overwhelmed by conflicting advice, shiny advertisements, unrealistic recommendations, and a culture of shame. Building a Sustainable Kitchen is her antidote: a solutions-focused, no-nonsense guide designed to help you cut through disinformation and greenwashing to make your kitchen truly sustainable, one step at a time. In each…mehr
Building a Sustainable Kitchen is the thoroughly researched and realistic step-by-step guide every climate-conscious cook needs to make the heart of their home more planet-friendly. When Canadian food writer Naomi Hansen first started a “sustainability” blog, she was overwhelmed by conflicting advice, shiny advertisements, unrealistic recommendations, and a culture of shame. Building a Sustainable Kitchen is her antidote: a solutions-focused, no-nonsense guide designed to help you cut through disinformation and greenwashing to make your kitchen truly sustainable, one step at a time. In each chapter, Naomi invites you on her journey to build a planet-friendly kitchen, with help from her husband Paul and their dog Rue. Drawing on wisdom from hundreds of expert interviews, academic studies, books, and more, as well as on the author's own experience as a regular Canadian in her humble kitchen, Building a Sustainable Kitchen demystifies the science behind how what we do in the kitchen every day affects our Earth, and most importantly, shows you what you can do about it. Each chapter contains a wealth of flexible recommendations for achievable, evidence-based changes that make a real impact for the planet. Chapters on reducing food waste, understanding plant-based, local, seasonal, and organic eating, and gardening teach us about the food on our plates. Chapters on the potential and pitfalls of composting and recycling, learning what it really means to send waste to a landfill, and navigating the nitty gritty of disposable and reusable items help us reduce garbage and grow toward a circular economy. From water use, to cleaning, to choosing appliances, to our beloved coffees and teas, Building a Sustainable Kitchen leaves no stone unturned. This heartfelt, practical guide proves that building a sustainable kitchen is not just possible, but that it can also be joyful and transformative.
Naomi Hansen is an author, writer, and editor. Her first book, Only in Saskatchewan (2022) was the winner of two 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards-the First Book Award and the Book of the Year Award. She is a regular contributor for many publications, including Canadian Living and Chatelaine, and is also the Saskatoon Bites food columnist for CBC Saskatchewan. When she's not writing, Naomi enjoys reading, cooking, hiking, and travelling. She lives on Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with her partner, Paul, and their dog, Rue.
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Table of Contents 1. Foreword by Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, Leader of the Green Party of Canada 2. Introduction * My Journey to Building a Sustainable Kitchen * Understanding Sustainability * Understanding Climate Change * Why Food and Kitchens * But Does Individual Action Really Matter? * How to Use This Book * The Journey Begins 3. Chapter 1: Food Waste 4. What Is Food Waste and Why Does It Even Matter? * What Food Waste Costs Us * What Food Waste Costs the Planet 5. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Build Awareness of Your Food Waste Habits * Take Stock Again: Check In with Your Fridge, Freezer, and Pantry Regularly * Plan Ahead, at the Store and at Home * Understand Best-Before Dates * Improve Your Food Storage Habits * Table: Consumer Best Before Timetable * Be Mindful of Food Waste Beyond Your Dinner Table 6. Takeaways 7. Chapter 2: Low-Waste Cooking 8. What You Can Do * Learn to Cook Intuitively with What You Have * Get Comfortable Substituting * Use Foods in Their Entirety * Find "Anything Goes" Recipes That Work for You * Repurpose Leftovers to Create Something Even Better 9. Takeaways 10. Chapter 3: What We Eat 11. The Impact of the Global Food System 12. Plant-Based and Animal-Based Foods by the Numbers * Chart: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the Supply Chain 13. Beef and Other Ruminant Animals 14. What About Local or Sustainably Raised Food? How About Packaging? * Chart: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Production 15. What About Fish and Seafood? 16. What About Dairy 17. The Prominence of Animal-Based Foods in Society 18. The Impacts of Plant-Based Foods 19. What You Can Do * Shift Toward a Plant-Based Diet * Take stock of Your Starting Point * Invite Your Loved Ones into the Process * Set Reasonable Goals * Start with What's Easiest for You * Learn to Cook with Plant-Based Protein * Prioritize Progress over Perfection and Reflect on the Process 20. Takeaways 21. Chapter 4: Local, Seasonal, Organic 22. Eating Local 23. Eating Seasonal 24. Why Eat Local and Seasonal? 25. Eating Sustainably Looks Different in Every Climate 26. Eating Organic * What Makes Food Organic? * Is Eating Organic More Sustainable? 27. What You Can Do * Reframe How You Think About Local and Seasonal Food * Visit a Farmers' Market Near Your * Subscribe to a CSA or Local Food Box * Buy Your Animal-Based Foods Local and Organic * Find Your Region's Unique Ways to Source and Support Local, Seasonal, and Organic 28. Takeaways 29. Chapter 5: Grocery Shopping 30. The Principles Behind Sustainable Grocery Shopping 31. What You Can Do * Create a Reusable Grocery Shopping Kit * Find a Bulk Bin Store Near You * Shop at a Zero-Waste Grocery Store * Buy in Bulk to Save on Packaging * Visit Individual Local Businesses * Subscribe to a Food-Saving Produce Box * Shop more Sustainably at a Conventional Grocery Store * Bonus: Apply These Principles to Everything You Buy 32. Takeaways 33. Sidebar: Does Sourcing Food Sustainably Cost More? 34. Chapter 6: Composting 35. How Does Composting Work? 36. Why Composting Helps Create a More Circular System 37. What You Can Do * Use Your Curbside Organics Collection Program—and Use it Well * Advocate for an Organics Program Near You * Choose a Home Composting Option * Bonus: Understand Compostable Plastics—but Keep Them out of Your Compost 38. Takeaways 39. Chapter 7: Recycling 40. A Brief History of Recycling 41. What Is Mechanical Recycling? 42. Which Materials Recycle Well? 43. The Challenge of Recycling Plastic * Types of Plastic—and How They Affect Recycling * The Economics of Recycling Plastic * The Challenges of Composite Plastics 44. Understanding Recycling Labels 45. Our Obsession With Recycling 46. What You Can Do * Go on a Recycling Tour * Follow the Waste Hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Then Recycle * Use the Recycling Services Available to You—and Use Them Well * Do Your Homework for Hard-to-Recycle Items 47. Takeaways 48. Chapter 8: Garbage 49. Defining Waste 50. A Brief History of Garbage 51. The Grim Reality of Landfills 52. Linear Versus Circular Systems 53. The Zero-Waste Hierarchy 54. What You Can Do * Replace Garbage with Landfill in Your Vocabulary * Take Stock: Do a Kitchen Garbage Inventory * Make Less Garbage * Consider Your Garbage Bag 55. Takeaways 56. Sidebar: My Experience Making Less Garbage—and the Limits of Individual Action 57. Chapter 9: Disposables and Reusables 58. Are Reusable Items Always More Sustainable? 59. The Zero-Waste Hierarchy: Zooming In on Refuse and Reduce 60. What You Can Do * Refuse: Use Up What You Already Have—and Then See What Happens * Implement the Zero-Waste Hierarchy in Your Kitchen * The Waste Hierarchy Categories * Learning to Think Zero Waste * Aluminum Foil and Pans * Dinnerware * Drink Receptacles * Paper Baking Products * Paper Napkins * Paper Towel * Plastic Wrap of Cling Wrap * Plastic Zip-Top Bags * Straws * Wax Paper 61. Takeaways 62. Sidebar: Share What Your Have 63. Chapter 10: Plastics 64. What Even Is Plastic? When Was It Created? 65. What Happens to Plastic Once It Becomes Waste? 66. Microplastics, Chemicals, and Us 67. Why Avoid Plastics 68. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Do a Plastics Inventory in Your Kitchen * Reduce and Avoid Plastics Moving Forward 69. Takeaways 70. Chapter 11: Coffee and Tea 71. The Environmental Impacts of Coffee 72. The Environmental Impacts of Tea 73. A Sustainable Morning Cuppa 74. What You Can Do * Buy Coffee and Tea That are More Sustainable * Take Stock: Clean Up Your Home Coffee and Tea Routine * Deliberately Reject Disposable Coffee Culture 75. Takeaways 76. Chapter 12: Gardening 77. Building My Sustainable Garden 78. What You Can Do * Start a Garden * Take Care of the Soil * Say No to Synthetic Pesticides and Fertilizers * Harvest Rainwater * Don't Buy a Bunch of New Garden Stuff * Consider End-of-Season Practices * Bonus: Rewild Your Green Space Using Native Plants 79. Takeaways 80. Chapter 15: Water 81. Water Use in Canada 82. What You Can Do * Waste Less Water When You Cook * Put Thought into Your Drinking Water * Check Your Kitchen Sink and Tap * Consider Your Dishwashing Habits 83. Takeaways 84. Chapter 14: Cleaning 85. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Do an Inventory of Your Kitchen Cleaning and Dish Products * Opt for Greener Cleaners * Try Cleaning with Household Ingredients * Evaluate Your Dish Soap * Evaluate Your Cleaning and Dishwashing Supplies 86. Takeaways 87. Chapter 15: Appliances 88. Appliances and Energy Consumption 89. Renewable Energy 90. What You Can Do * Use the Appliances You Already Have More Efficiently * Check for Phantom Power * Buy Large Appliances That Are Energy Efficient * Buy Small Appliances and Kitchen Gear Sparingly and Thoughtfully * Repair Your Appliances * Implement the Waste Hierarchy for End of Life 91. Takeaways 92. What’s Next? Building Sustainability Beyond the Kitchen 93. Sustainability in an Unsustainable Culture * The Most Sustainable Actions Are Not Always What They Seem * Individuals Can Make Sustainable Choices, but Systems Need to Catch Up * Sustainability Is an Ongoing Choice 94. What Is the Most IMpactful Action You Can Take From This Book? 95. What More Can You Do? 96. The Future Is in Our Hands 97. Acknowledgements 98. Resource List 99. Bibliography 100. List of Interviewees 101. List of Figures 102. Index
Table of Contents 1. Foreword by Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, Leader of the Green Party of Canada 2. Introduction * My Journey to Building a Sustainable Kitchen * Understanding Sustainability * Understanding Climate Change * Why Food and Kitchens * But Does Individual Action Really Matter? * How to Use This Book * The Journey Begins 3. Chapter 1: Food Waste 4. What Is Food Waste and Why Does It Even Matter? * What Food Waste Costs Us * What Food Waste Costs the Planet 5. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Build Awareness of Your Food Waste Habits * Take Stock Again: Check In with Your Fridge, Freezer, and Pantry Regularly * Plan Ahead, at the Store and at Home * Understand Best-Before Dates * Improve Your Food Storage Habits * Table: Consumer Best Before Timetable * Be Mindful of Food Waste Beyond Your Dinner Table 6. Takeaways 7. Chapter 2: Low-Waste Cooking 8. What You Can Do * Learn to Cook Intuitively with What You Have * Get Comfortable Substituting * Use Foods in Their Entirety * Find "Anything Goes" Recipes That Work for You * Repurpose Leftovers to Create Something Even Better 9. Takeaways 10. Chapter 3: What We Eat 11. The Impact of the Global Food System 12. Plant-Based and Animal-Based Foods by the Numbers * Chart: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the Supply Chain 13. Beef and Other Ruminant Animals 14. What About Local or Sustainably Raised Food? How About Packaging? * Chart: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Production 15. What About Fish and Seafood? 16. What About Dairy 17. The Prominence of Animal-Based Foods in Society 18. The Impacts of Plant-Based Foods 19. What You Can Do * Shift Toward a Plant-Based Diet * Take stock of Your Starting Point * Invite Your Loved Ones into the Process * Set Reasonable Goals * Start with What's Easiest for You * Learn to Cook with Plant-Based Protein * Prioritize Progress over Perfection and Reflect on the Process 20. Takeaways 21. Chapter 4: Local, Seasonal, Organic 22. Eating Local 23. Eating Seasonal 24. Why Eat Local and Seasonal? 25. Eating Sustainably Looks Different in Every Climate 26. Eating Organic * What Makes Food Organic? * Is Eating Organic More Sustainable? 27. What You Can Do * Reframe How You Think About Local and Seasonal Food * Visit a Farmers' Market Near Your * Subscribe to a CSA or Local Food Box * Buy Your Animal-Based Foods Local and Organic * Find Your Region's Unique Ways to Source and Support Local, Seasonal, and Organic 28. Takeaways 29. Chapter 5: Grocery Shopping 30. The Principles Behind Sustainable Grocery Shopping 31. What You Can Do * Create a Reusable Grocery Shopping Kit * Find a Bulk Bin Store Near You * Shop at a Zero-Waste Grocery Store * Buy in Bulk to Save on Packaging * Visit Individual Local Businesses * Subscribe to a Food-Saving Produce Box * Shop more Sustainably at a Conventional Grocery Store * Bonus: Apply These Principles to Everything You Buy 32. Takeaways 33. Sidebar: Does Sourcing Food Sustainably Cost More? 34. Chapter 6: Composting 35. How Does Composting Work? 36. Why Composting Helps Create a More Circular System 37. What You Can Do * Use Your Curbside Organics Collection Program—and Use it Well * Advocate for an Organics Program Near You * Choose a Home Composting Option * Bonus: Understand Compostable Plastics—but Keep Them out of Your Compost 38. Takeaways 39. Chapter 7: Recycling 40. A Brief History of Recycling 41. What Is Mechanical Recycling? 42. Which Materials Recycle Well? 43. The Challenge of Recycling Plastic * Types of Plastic—and How They Affect Recycling * The Economics of Recycling Plastic * The Challenges of Composite Plastics 44. Understanding Recycling Labels 45. Our Obsession With Recycling 46. What You Can Do * Go on a Recycling Tour * Follow the Waste Hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Then Recycle * Use the Recycling Services Available to You—and Use Them Well * Do Your Homework for Hard-to-Recycle Items 47. Takeaways 48. Chapter 8: Garbage 49. Defining Waste 50. A Brief History of Garbage 51. The Grim Reality of Landfills 52. Linear Versus Circular Systems 53. The Zero-Waste Hierarchy 54. What You Can Do * Replace Garbage with Landfill in Your Vocabulary * Take Stock: Do a Kitchen Garbage Inventory * Make Less Garbage * Consider Your Garbage Bag 55. Takeaways 56. Sidebar: My Experience Making Less Garbage—and the Limits of Individual Action 57. Chapter 9: Disposables and Reusables 58. Are Reusable Items Always More Sustainable? 59. The Zero-Waste Hierarchy: Zooming In on Refuse and Reduce 60. What You Can Do * Refuse: Use Up What You Already Have—and Then See What Happens * Implement the Zero-Waste Hierarchy in Your Kitchen * The Waste Hierarchy Categories * Learning to Think Zero Waste * Aluminum Foil and Pans * Dinnerware * Drink Receptacles * Paper Baking Products * Paper Napkins * Paper Towel * Plastic Wrap of Cling Wrap * Plastic Zip-Top Bags * Straws * Wax Paper 61. Takeaways 62. Sidebar: Share What Your Have 63. Chapter 10: Plastics 64. What Even Is Plastic? When Was It Created? 65. What Happens to Plastic Once It Becomes Waste? 66. Microplastics, Chemicals, and Us 67. Why Avoid Plastics 68. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Do a Plastics Inventory in Your Kitchen * Reduce and Avoid Plastics Moving Forward 69. Takeaways 70. Chapter 11: Coffee and Tea 71. The Environmental Impacts of Coffee 72. The Environmental Impacts of Tea 73. A Sustainable Morning Cuppa 74. What You Can Do * Buy Coffee and Tea That are More Sustainable * Take Stock: Clean Up Your Home Coffee and Tea Routine * Deliberately Reject Disposable Coffee Culture 75. Takeaways 76. Chapter 12: Gardening 77. Building My Sustainable Garden 78. What You Can Do * Start a Garden * Take Care of the Soil * Say No to Synthetic Pesticides and Fertilizers * Harvest Rainwater * Don't Buy a Bunch of New Garden Stuff * Consider End-of-Season Practices * Bonus: Rewild Your Green Space Using Native Plants 79. Takeaways 80. Chapter 15: Water 81. Water Use in Canada 82. What You Can Do * Waste Less Water When You Cook * Put Thought into Your Drinking Water * Check Your Kitchen Sink and Tap * Consider Your Dishwashing Habits 83. Takeaways 84. Chapter 14: Cleaning 85. What You Can Do * Take Stock: Do an Inventory of Your Kitchen Cleaning and Dish Products * Opt for Greener Cleaners * Try Cleaning with Household Ingredients * Evaluate Your Dish Soap * Evaluate Your Cleaning and Dishwashing Supplies 86. Takeaways 87. Chapter 15: Appliances 88. Appliances and Energy Consumption 89. Renewable Energy 90. What You Can Do * Use the Appliances You Already Have More Efficiently * Check for Phantom Power * Buy Large Appliances That Are Energy Efficient * Buy Small Appliances and Kitchen Gear Sparingly and Thoughtfully * Repair Your Appliances * Implement the Waste Hierarchy for End of Life 91. Takeaways 92. What’s Next? Building Sustainability Beyond the Kitchen 93. Sustainability in an Unsustainable Culture * The Most Sustainable Actions Are Not Always What They Seem * Individuals Can Make Sustainable Choices, but Systems Need to Catch Up * Sustainability Is an Ongoing Choice 94. What Is the Most IMpactful Action You Can Take From This Book? 95. What More Can You Do? 96. The Future Is in Our Hands 97. Acknowledgements 98. Resource List 99. Bibliography 100. List of Interviewees 101. List of Figures 102. Index
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