Winner of the 2007 Independent Publisher

"Most Likely to Save the Planet" Book Award

Low Carbon Diet Book

by David Gershon

$12.95

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"This book is fabulous! It couldn't be more timely. It's practical, accessible and effective. Getting people to take on global warming at a personal level is critical to tackling the issue. The Low Carbon Diet can make a huge difference."
– Denis Hayes, Co-founder, Earth Day

Low Carbon Diet-related programs:

Cool America Campaign

Cool Community Corps (pdf)

Cool Corporate Citizen Program (pdf)

Journey for the Planet children’s book

Get your children involved in your Low Carbon Diet with Journey for the Planet: A Kid’s 5-Week Adventure to Create an Earth-friendly Life.

Videos on Low Carbon Diet

David Gershon on Low Carbon Diet

Being Fearless: David Gershon talks about Low Carbon Diet and Societal Change for the Being Fearless Conference with Al Gore at Omega Institute

David Gershon talks about Cool America campaign.

To learn more about Low Carbon Diet, visit Empowerment Institute’s website at
www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd.

Empowerment Institute is the world's premiere consulting and training organization specializing in the methodology of empowerment. Its state-of-the-art empowerment tools have been applied over the past twenty-five years to achieve significant and measurable behavior change at the organizational and community level. Its clients consist of corporations, public sector agencies and non profits.

Become part of the global warming solution. Go on a Low Carbon Diet!

Save money, save energy, save the planet

By David Gershon, founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute

This “30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds” is a fun, accessible, easy to use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce your CO₂ output in just a month’s time.

Grounded in over two decades of environmental behavior change research, this illustrated workbook offers much more than a list of eco-friendly actions. It walks you through every step of the process, from calculating your current CO₂ “footprint” to tracking your progress.

Simple changes to reduce CO₂ output

By making simple changes to actions you take every day, you’ll learn how to reduce your annual household CO₂ output by at least 15%. And, for those who are more ambitious, you’ll discover how you can help your workplace, local schools, and community do the same.

Time-tested approach

Join the growing number of citizens who have decided to take global warming into their own hands.

You'll learn how to:

Calculate your CO₂ footprint with our easy-to-use "carbon calculator"
Create "cool household systems" that save the Earth while
saving you money
Take on "cool lifestyle practices" that reduce CO₂ emissions without cramping your style
Purchase carbon offsets to become "carbon neutral"
Form a Low Carbon Diet "EcoTeam" with friends, colleagues, co-workers or your faith community

Praise for Low Carbon Diet:

"David Gershon has created a step-by-step program, à la Weight Watchers, designed to reduce a person's carbon footprint. . . . Replete with checklists and illustrations, this user-friendly guide is a serious attempt at changing American energy-consumption behavior. . . . The timing for a book offering day-to-day solutions to an overwhelming global problem couldn't be better."

– The Christian Science Monitor (read the whole article)

"FINALLY… there’s the Low Carbon Diet. The program is intelligently and imaginatively built to be user-friendly, easy and fun!! I made new friends, was encouraged that others feel as passionately about safeguarding our planet as I do, and was supported by my LCD Team in taking really significant actions that have made my household carbon-neutral! Amazing!! Now I’m working with new and old friends to bring the Low Carbon Diet program to my community, and finally feeling a sense of hope for our future and the future of our Earth."

– Patty Goodwin, Low Carbon Diet participant

About David Gershon:

David Gershon is the author of nine books, including the best selling Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life As You Want It. The founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute, he is one of the world's leading authorities on behavior change and large-scale transformation. At the height of the Cold War, he conceived and organized, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund and ABC Television, one of the planet’s first major global initiatives, the First Earth Run, which engaged millions of people in the passing of a symbolic torch of peace around the world. Since that time, he has addressed issues ranging from environmental behavior change to organizational talent development, from emergency preparedness to low-income neighborhood revitalization. He has lectured at Harvard, MIT, and Duke and served as an advisor to the Clinton White House and United Nations on behavior change and sustainability issues.

Low Carbon Diet: $12.95