If you drill down further, the ranks of notable activists seem to include just as many women as men; names like Rachel Carson, Jane Goodal, Wangari Maathai and Erin Brockovich. Not all household names, by any means, although Greta Thunberg, the remarkable Swedish teenager leading the 'school strike for climate' movement, is already set to become the exception. But if we turn the focus to matters at home, numerous surveys over the last few years have repeatedly highlighted the existence of an 'eco gender gap'. A 2018 survey of 2,000 adults in the UK by Mintel, a market research firm, showed that men are less likely to pursue environmentally friendly behaviours such as recycling, using less water, and turning off the heating when not at home. Indeed, numerous other studies, across age groups and countries, have shown how women surpass men in terms of leaving a smaller carbon footprint. At home, I recycle, I do buy eco-friendly products where I can, I do worry about the Larsen C ice … [Read more...] about The green gap: Why men aren’t as eco-friendly as women