Every rose you buy this ValentinesDay has a not-insignificant carbon footprint
Photo: Elinor Harari / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. Perhaps you’re thinking of marking this holiday by getting a present for your sweetheart or a friend to show them how much you love them. Chocolates could be nice. Or a lasagna. Or a room full of balloons. If you were planning on getting a romantic bouquet of flowers, though, I’d urge you to think twice.
As a New York Times piece published today notes, the environmental impact of shipping cut flowers around the world is enormous, particularly around Valentine’s Day. Only about one-third of cut flowers sold in the U.S. are grown domestically, and most roses we buy are flown in from Colombia and Ecuador. While these flowers would be shipped on regular passenger planes most of the year, the weeks before Valentine’s Day see a huge increase in the number of flights dedicated solely to shipping flowers — roughly 30 cargo planes fly from Colombia to Miami every day in the three weeks prior to the holiday, according to Vox, and 30 more fly out from Ecuador.
So if you’re trying to make a nice, romantic gesture for Valentine’s Day, maybe stick with a love letter instead.
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