Cut some meat, cut global warming
Posted in Global Warming on Aug 29th, 2009
A great multilingual, international initiative to raise awareness of the impact of livestock and meat production on the environment, global warming and world hunger. Please sign the Global “Meat Free” Petition! Help establish a national “meat free” day in your country! From the site: You might be asking yourself, why do we have to petition [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Mar 18th, 2009
In this post I wanted to give some love to Food for Change, PB&J Campaign and Veg Climate Alliance. Each focuses their blog on the connection between meat and global warming. I recommend them all! Food for Change Food for Change promotes food choices that are sustainable, ethical and environmentally responsible. This blog from the [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Mar 4th, 2009
The meat and global warming link just got a huge publicity boost. Mark Bittman, author of Food Matters, vegan until 6, and food columnist/blogger at the NY Times, tonight appeared on what many consider to be the mother of all political talk shows (if you exclude the Daily Show) – the Colbert Report (1.3 million [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Mar 2nd, 2009
If you read the comments from articles about the impact of meat on global warming, it’s likely you’ll encounter arguments against vegetarianism, especially if the word “vegetarian” or “vegan” is in the title. These arguments tend to be not only misguided but irrelevant as they shift the focus of the debate from “Should I reduce [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Feb 25th, 2009
10 shocking statistics on meat and global warming. 1. If every American (300 million) gave up meat for 1 day a week, this would have the same positive effect on reducing greenhouse gases as saving 90 million plane tickets from New York to Los Angeles! (source: Meat the Truth documentary, see video clip) [1] 2. [...]
Posted in Global Warming, Video on Feb 22nd, 2009
10. Meat the Facts Blog One of the only blogs dedicated entirely to the environmental, health and global warming impact of meat. 9. Meat the Truth Documentary A professional documentary from the Netherlands all about meat and global warming, which premiered in May 2008. I haven’t seen it yet, but looks like people are reacting [...]
Posted in Study on Feb 19th, 2009
This is a useful post for illustrating meat’s carbon footprint to different people. Do you like exotic food? Know a Prius or SUV owner? Don’t plan on going veg anytime soon? There’s something for everyone. Hopefully, at least one of these ten studies will help you or someone you know to consider eating less meat. [...]
