Ethics air freight of food and flowers and carbon offsetting

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Channel: Education
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: pjvdixon

Length: 09:00
Rating: 4.00
Views: 698

Tags: air  aviation  carbon  change  climate  co2  energy  flowers  food  footprint  fuel  global  offset  planes  saving  transport  warming  

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