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October 2009 
My Green Links
Annisa
Want to DO SOMETHING about Global Warming?
The Top 50 Things You Can Do to Stop Global Warming
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Our future is in our hands!
Join the virtual march on Washington at StopGlobalWarming.org and pledge to make a difference by reducing your own ecological impact.
Calculate your carbon footprint to see what kind of an impact you are having on the environment.
Take David Suzuki's Nature Challenge and learn the Top 10 Things you can do to protect the environment.
Check out Leonardo DiCaprio's eco site for a great list of things you can do to Take Action, Get Involved With An Organization and Get Informed.
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The FDA to approve the cloning of animals raised for meat. See the news story for full details!
Are you paying attention YET???
Take SAMME's NO MEAT FOR A WEEK challenge and then challenge yourself to eat Sustainably every day of every week.
Breaking News: A 400-page report by the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization concludes:
Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars
You will have a greater impact on the environment by switching to a vegetarian diet than by switching to a hybrid car!
The USDA says that the average consumption of red meat, poultry and seafood among Americans is 195 pounds per year! It takes between 2,500 and 5,000 gallons of water to produce one single pound of beef for human consumption! This means that by being a meat eater, you are using between 487,500 and 975,000 extra gallons of water per year! For an even more eye-opening discussion of this topic, please read this article on EarthSave.
Say NO to beef!
Say YES to Sustainable Eating!
Where's your food coming from? If you're a meat eater, consider how your food animals were treated, before you put the energy of suffering, pain and despair into your body! Want to find out more? Watch The Meatrix. Tell all your friends! Better yet, have more compassion and don't eat animals.
Eating sustainably is one way to help save the environment.
Here are some resources for Sustainable Eating:
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
http://www.foodroutes.org/
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
And an alternative to Factory Farming:
http://www.factoryfarm.org/solutions/
Some websites promoting a plant-based diet:
http://www.earthsave.org/
http://www.vegsource.com/
Great books to reference on the subject include:
"Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe', 1971
"Diet for a New America" by John Robbins, 1987
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, 2006
"The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World" by John Robbins, 2001
and my favorite vegetarian cookbook:
"1,000 Vegetarian Recipes" by Carol Gelles, 1996
Here's a great paper that talks about the The Global Benefits of Eating Less Meat.
More vegetarian resources on the web:
American Dietetic Association Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group
Happy Cow's Vegetarian Guide to Restaurants & Health Food Stores
Vegan Food Guide
Vegetarian Nutrition Info
Vegetarian Teen
Veg Web
The World is in our hands
Real Climate - Climate science from climate scientists.
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One of my favorite sites
Check out "The Green Life" from the Sierra Club
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Solutions for sustainable living
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DIRECTV channel 375
DISH Network channel 9410
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Viewer-powered TV. No advertising. Content that matters. Real news. Real documentaries. I highly recommend it!
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WOW great info on your blog Anissa! Love the teenager veggie site.
This means that by being a meat eater, you are using between 487,500 and 975,000 extra gallons of water per year!
WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…
and the lil animals suffer too :(
Thanks so much for posting all of this!
Love,
Janie