PETA’s at it Again: Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door 2010
Image credit: PETA
Much like Blythe’s excellent slideshow on PETA porn, I’m never quite sure what to make of PETA. On the one hand, the constant focus on <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/petas-latest-ploy-has-pamela-anderson-stripping-peop…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Two Steps Simple to Really Reducing Your Carbon Foodprint: Go Vegetarian + Walk or Bike to the Store
photo: Flavio Ferrrari via flickr.
The idea of trying to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet is almost yesterday’s news in the green community, as is talking about eating locally, minimizing food miles, reducing the amount of meat you eat. But a new report from Brighter Planet breaks the issue down in a very digestible way. While most of its conclusions are in…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Pork Meat ‘Grown’ in Labs to be Sold in Grocery Stores as Soon as 2014
Some meat fresh from the lab. Photo via the Telegraph
The prospect has always been intriguing, to say the least: producing meat without having to raise, feed, or butcher animals. It could prove to be a far less resource-intensive way to sate a meat-hungry populace and an answer to PETA’s prayers. And it may be a mere five years away from becoming a reality: scientists in the Netherlands have for the first time successfully <a href=”http://www.tr…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Eat Meat, Ditch Factory Farming, Save the Planet, says Friends of the Earth Report
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You don’t have to be a vegetarian to eat green. Not only that, we can feed the fast-growing population of the planet, and slow down (and eventually stop) climate change, and stop destruction of the world’s forests, all without the deleterious effects of factory farming.
So says a new report from Friends of the Earth, which lays out a model for food production and consumption that includes fair,…Read the full story on TreeHugger
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation Goes Green as the Queen Goes Vegan
Image from The British Monarchy
Tonight Her Majesty The Queen is serving the first-ever vegan meal at Windsor Castle to the Alliance of Religions and Conservation. Included in the royal banquet for 200 people are high-profile representatives from nine different faith groups. The guest list includes the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa, President of the All Africa Conference of Churches. They are gathered together to discuss long term initiatives to “Protect the Living Planet.”
In keeping with the gravity of th…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Mayim Bialik on Green Parenting, Natalie Portman on Top Chef, and More
Photo via The Sierra Club
If you’re still stuck on Mayim Bialik as the crazy-hat wearing main character from Blossom, then you’ve got some catching up to do: the 33-year-old mother of two (who earned her neuroscience Ph.D. before deciding to go back into acting) is now the spokesperson for the Holistic Moms Network, and talked to the Sierra Club about her green parenti…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Steak ‘n Bake? 51% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now Come From Meat & Dairy Industry
photo: Fiona MacGuinty via flickr.
We’ve long said that cutting meat and dairy out of your diet, or at minimum cutting back deeply on their consumption, is one of the most powerful personal steps you can take towards mitigating climate change. But new analysis from Worldwatch Institute shows that the impact of raising livestock and poultry is much greater than previously thought and actually amounts to approximately 51% of <a href=”…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Stella McCartney Thinks Smaller, Tilda Swinton Takes on Trump, and More
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Designer Stella McCartney’s new clothing line hits stores in November, but this fall fashion offering comes with a twist: the line, produced with Gap Kids and Baby Gap, is aimed at the eco-friendly weehuggers in your life. So what should you expect?…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Blog Action Day 2009: If We All Just Do Two Things We Can Prevent Climate Change
photos: Alan Cleaver (L); rusvaplauke (R).
In addition to it being Global Handwashing Day it’s also Blog Action Day 2009 and the theme is climate change. Personally, it’s always climate change action day for me on TreeHugger, but it never hurts to re-emphasize the importance of climate change…Read the full story on TreeHugger
80,000 Baltimore Students Join Meatless Monday Movement
photo: Alpha via flickr.
By now you’ve probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now students in the Baltimore City Public School System will have a little help in doing that. The BCPS has begun participating in the <a href=”http://www.treeh…Read the full story on TreeHugger