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Changing Habits

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Ideas, Society, Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »

I received an email from Sierra Club today with a link to a website called 50 Ways to Help the Planet. The crazy thing is, on the site, "they" give you 50 actual ways to help the planet. Unbelievable! This isn't the ...

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Feature, Globalization, Health, Responsibility, Vegetarianism | 2 Comments »

Mark Bittman does a yeoman's job of summarizing the meat industry's impact on the globe in this article. The facts are astonishing, mind-blowing, and will create real shock and awe in your mind if you synthesize them. And in light ...

Livestock A Major Threat To The Environment

Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Vegetarianism | No Comments »

Just a little reminder from the Sierra Club: Livestock create a beefy portion of all greenhouse-gas emissions: 18 percent, according to the United Nations. Could the answer be as simple as two slices of bread and a slathering of peanut butter ...

Solar Fat Plastic Gas Bacteria

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Energy, Health, Recent Readings, Technology, Vegetarianism, Water | No Comments »

New format folks. The other one was a bit hard to read, with everything bunched together and my comments in italics. Who wants that? No one. But, if anyone wants to name their garage band Solar Fat Plastic Gas Bacteria, the name is ...

The Debate Heats Up: Vegetarianism & Climate Change

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Vegetarianism | No Comments »

Let it be known, I'm on PETA's side in regards to the statement "you just cannot be a meat-eating environmentalist." Well, I guess you could be a meat-eating environmentalist, but you'd be a less effective one. Further, while PETA is known ...