Caroline is a Brooklyn-based writer, recipe developer, and media consultant with a passion for climate cuisine and sustainable food. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Grist, SAVEUR, and elsewhere and has been featured or re-published in NPR, Popular Science, Salon, and WIRED. She's a regular contributor to 0ne5c and Bluedot Living, and writes the climate-friendly baking newsletter Pale Blue Tart. In addition to thinking and writing about all things climate-resilient food, Caroline is passionate about supporting the news industry, and consults on projects that support this aim. She previously was the inaugural writer-in-residence and deputy director at Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation Earth Alliance, and earlier was chief of staff at Grist. She earned a pastry diploma from Le Cordon Bleu Paris and a bachelors from Vanderbilt University, where she recently co-developed a new science journalism course.
Recipes, tips, and stories about climate-friendly dessert
Dishing up sustainability: A conversation with food writer Caroline Saunders (Helping Families Be Happy Podcast)
Dish it out: Can dessert help the climate? (Green Builder Media)
Can we bake our way out of oblivion? w/ Caroline Saunders, baker and writer of Pale Blue Tart (Reversing Climate Change Podcast)
How to give your home baking a climate-friendly makeover (Fix)
Will dessert survive the climate crisis? With Caroline Saunders of The Sustainable Baker (Reveresing Climate Change Podcast)
More projects
In action
This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate (Grist)
Vegan cheese that tastes like cheese? These startups may have cracked the code (Grist)
Can there be delish desserts with less sugar? Absolutely, say these chefs (The Guardian)
A storm is brewing for Madagascar vanilla (SAVEUR, also in print)
Should you avoid palm oil? (one5c)
7 can't-miss NYC bakeries (one5c)
Regenerative farming may help preserve the "Queen of Spices." (Bluedot Living)
Saving the world is a piece of cake (Bluedot Living)
What does climate change mean for maple syrup? (Bluedot Living)
How to make holiday cooking more sustainable (Hothouse)
The season is now for America's yummiest native fruit (Coolbeans)