🌍 Sustainable Atomic Habits

Dietary Diversity Rules

Navigate your plate. Regenerate the planet.

Every meal is an atomic habit. Stack them daily and your fork or chopsticks become the most powerful climate tools you own.

3.3t
Avg. American food CO₂e/yr
65 Gt
CO₂e saved — plant-rich diets
~80%
Emissions cut on plant diet
#4
Drawdown rank — all sectors
🌡️ Live Calculator

Your Daily Food Footprint

Pick your meals. Watch real-time savings versus the Standard American Diet (SAD) baseline of ~11.1 kg CO₂e / day.

🌅 Breakfast
Standard American Dish
Plant-Forward Alternative
SAD: 1.80 kg → Plant: 0.22 kg
☀️ Lunch
Standard American Dish
Plant-Forward Alternative
SAD: 3.80 kg → Plant: 0.40 kg
🌙 Dinner
Standard American Dish
Plant-Forward Alternative
SAD: 5.50 kg → Plant: 0.85 kg
Your Daily Carbon Savings
9.83
kg CO₂e saved today
0 kg (full plant)SAD Baseline ~11.1 kg
89%
Less CO₂e than SAD
3.59t
Annual savings
35.9t
Over 10 years
🌳 164 trees planted/yr
🚗 8,975 mi not driven/yr
✈️ 4.5 transatlantic flights avoided/yr
📊 Project Drawdown

The Food System Numbers

Real peer-reviewed data showing the transformative power of food choices — the single most impactful personal climate lever.

Top Food System Climate Solutions

Gigatons CO₂e reduction potential by 2050 — Plausible Scenario. Plant-rich diets rank globally #4 across all sectors.

Source: Project Drawdown 2020 · Plausible Scenario

Carbon per 100g of Dietary Protein

kg CO₂e to produce 100g protein. Beef emits 50× more than lentils. Switching protein source is the highest-leverage single swap.

Source: Poore & Nemecek 2018 · Science · Our World in Data

Global Food System GHG Breakdown

Food contributes ~34% of total global GHG emissions. Animal agriculture dominates — and is the most actionable slice.

Source: Crippa et al. 2021 · Nature Food · IPCC AR6

Land Use per 100g Protein (m²)

Plant proteins need dramatically less land, freeing ecosystems for carbon sequestration and biodiversity restoration.

Source: Poore & Nemecek 2018 · Science
57%
of food-related GHG from animal products
77%
of agricultural land used for livestock
18%
of global calories from livestock on that land
65 Gt
CO₂e saved by plant-rich diets by 2050
🍲 Recipe Stack

12 Complete-Protein Plant Meals

Diverse global cuisines. Real carbon, cost & protein data. Each delivers fully bioavailable, complete protein from plants alone. Click any card to expand the full recipe.

🔬 Protein Science

Plant Protein Bioavailability

DIAAS (Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score) is the gold-standard measure of protein quality. Score ≥ 1.0 = complete. Strategic combining raises scores significantly.

🔗 Protein Synergy & Bioavailability Boosters

Combining complementary proteins in the same meal — or within the same day — creates a complete amino acid profile. These pairings are ancient and backed by modern nutrition science.

Grains + LegumesRice + Dal · Corn Tortilla + Beans · Bread + Hummus · Teff + Lentils
Legumes + SeedsLentils + Hemp Hearts · Chickpeas + Tahini · Cowpeas + Peanuts · Beans + Pumpkin Seeds
Complete Singles (use freely)Quinoa · Amaranth · Soy / Tempeh / Tofu · Hemp Seeds · Spirulina · Lupini Beans
Absorption BoostersVitamin C + iron-rich plants · Soak & sprout legumes · Fermentation (tempeh, miso, kimchi) · Avoid phytate blockers
🌱 Atomic Habits

Stack Your Food Habits

Small, consistent swaps compound into massive planetary impact. Adjust the sliders to see your cumulative annual effect.

🌅 Plant-forward breakfasts per week 7/7
☀️ Plant-forward lunches per week 5/7
🌙 Plant-forward dinners per week 4/7
Your Annual Climate Impact
1.82
tonnes CO₂e saved per year
= planting 83 trees · not driving 4,550 miles
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