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 Apr 21st, 2009
The meat industry and its front groups like the Center for Consumer Freedom are perpetuating the myth that Americans should not be worried about the meat & global warming connection. This is the argument: The US has a more efficient livestock production system. According to the 2006 US EPA report, US agriculture causes less than [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Apr 11th, 2009
Sophie from Food for Change brought to my attention this new organization from Hong Kong called “Save the Human!” Check out their music video: Save The Human! Don’t Eat The Planet. Mission: Save the Human! is a campaign aimed at raising public awareness about the link between our diets and the health of our planet. [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Apr 1st, 2009
It’s upsetting and a bit disturbing that a NY Times “Green blogger” has perpetuated a claim from the Center for Consumer Freedom that there is no strong connection between meat and global warming. The recent NY Times article titled “Meat & Climate: The Debate Continues” (which I refuse to link to) cites a press release [...]
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 11th, 2009
update: Please join the campaign! Bill S. 527 gives a free pass for factory farms to pollute the air with CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide without regulation! Farm Sanctuary has setup a form to write to your representative in Congress to vote NO on S. 527. Please take a few minutes to voice your opposition [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Mar 7th, 2009
WSJ Video: Watch how methane is measured : Gassy Sheep Add to Global Warming Did you hear that cow farts are causing global warming? Contrary to popular belief, most of the methane emissions from cows and other livestock aren’t from flatulence or farts. They’re from burping. About 98 per cent of the methane from a [...]
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. [...]
