Cut some meat, cut global warming
Posted in Global Warming on Nov 10th, 2009
In a recent ABC News Interview, Al Gore was asked about Glen Beck’s insistence for him to become vegetarian, if he truly wanted to fight global warming. Gore’s response: ”I’m not a vegetarian, but I have cut back sharply on the meat that I eat,” he said. “It’s absolutely correct that the growing meat intensity [...]
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 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 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 Global Warming, Hunger, Video on Feb 20th, 2009
For your information and amusement, I provided a Guilt Trip Rating for each video (GTR, 10 is high, 1 is low). In my opinion, videos with a low GTR are great for introducing this subject to someone. Videos with a higher GTR should be viewed with caution. Enjoy. ABC News: 2 Simple Steps for Climate [...]
