Goods Miles Project

Mapping the road to sustainability

The Goods Miles Project seeks to increase public awareness about the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transportation of the goods we buy.  Case studies have been developed to compare local goods and imported goods. Consumer purchases always have environmental impacts; this project helps explain what some of those are!

The case studies of five different products are available below:

• Wine [pdf, 615 KB]
• Knives [pdf, 765 KB]
• Wool [pdf, 510 KB]
• Shrimp and Prawns [pdf, 489 KB]
• Lumber [pdf, 498 KB]

The Goods Miles Project Methodology and Calculations is available here  [pdf, 312 KB].

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