Caroline is a Brooklyn-based sustainable food writer, recipe developer, and media consultant, among other things. She has bylines inThe Guardian, Grist, SAVEUR, one5c, Table Magazine, Hothouse, and other publications, and her work has been syndicated in outlets including Popular Science, Salon, WIRED, and Sentient Media. She writes columns for Bluedot Living, edits for the national student newspaper SUNN Post, and has a climate-friendly baking newsletter called Pale Blue Tart that she launched while a writer-in-residence at Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation Earth Alliance. She earned her pastry diploma from Le Cordon Bleu Paris and her bachelors from Vanderbilt University, where she recently co-developed two new science journalism courses. Caroline was previously in nonprofit operations and management — she was chief of staff at Grist — another major interest that perpetually beckons.
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)
What I found — and ate — foraging in New York City (Bluedot Living)
This ancient grain could help the Plains adapt to a drier future (Bluedot Living)
5 cant-miss Paris bakeries (Table Magazine)
Climate-friendly restaurants across the globe (Table Magazine)
7 Can't-miss NYC bakeries (Table Magazine)
How to make holiday cooking more sustainable (Hothouse)
The season is now for America's yummiest native fruit (Coolbeans)