VegNews has a fabulous Veggie Starter Kit that even includes a few yummy looking recipes! Even if you’re just looking to eat veg one day a week, check it out!
Category : Food & Beverages, Health
Category : Food & Beverages, Health, International
I found this on Planet Green- well worth reading!
Some eco-problems Al Gore may never make a movie about (but should)
Astoria, NY, USA | Thu Dec 17, 2009 01:30 PM ET
- Global warming is a hoax
- Humans are not responsible for climate change
Well, guess what? It wouldn’t change the green movement’s primary mission. Because while some waste valuable time debating deniers, every 24 hours:
- 13 million tons of toxic chemicals are released across the globe
- Over 100 plant or animal species go extinct
- 200,000 acres of rainforest are destroyed
- 45,000 humans die of starvation
And that’s just the tip of the melting iceberg…
WATCH VIDEO: An Inconvenient Truth
Climate change, of course, connects to many of the pressing green issues but our eco-system would be in peril even if the deniers are right. We’d still have 80 percent of the world’s forests gone. We’d still have 90 percent of the large fish in the ocean gone. In other words, we’d still have an urgent need to dismantle industrial civilization and work towards a greener future.
Definitely read the entire article but here’s a preview of the five things:
1. Nuclear Waste
2. Factory Farming
3. Deforestation
4. Overfishing
5. The Use of Pesticides
Category : Uncategorized
I recently received an email from the Environment Defense Fund about religion and climate change. I think it’s great clergy are getting involved by encouraging their members to take better care of the earth God has given us.
from the letter…
A number of religious leaders of Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and other faiths have formed a growing movement to transform society from their pulpits by emphasizing the connection between ecology and religion.
Their sermons inspire, educate and mobilize people with topics including climate change, renewable energy technologies and public policy to cut greenhouse gases.
This doesn’t mean environmentalism is turning into a religion, Browning explains, but that religion harnesses the power of love and faith, both of which bind us to nature, other humans and the health of our planet and inspire us to take action when these are in danger.
“The fact is,” Browning writes, ”in order to succeed in significantly altering the global course of climate change, we are going to have to harness all the power we have, whether it is the power of the market, the power of technology, or the power of heart and soul.”
It was a remarkable year for animals in 2009. Please take a minute to see what the Humane Society Legislative Fund helped achieve for animals.
I recently noticed that Bath & Body Works states on their label: “This finished product is not tested on animals.” So – think that through – that’s great to know the lotion your purchasing was not specifically tested on innocent animals but what this is really saying is that at least some of the individual ingredients used in the formula WERE TESTED ON ANIMALS! This is AWFUL! Please don’t purchase their products anymore. This is such a disgusting way to make people think their products are cruelty free when in fact they certainly had something to do with inhumane treatment of animals.
Category : Beauty, International
In light of the ongoing Humanitarian disaster in Haiti, Josie Maran Cosmetics will donate half of all the sales made at JosieMaranCosmetics.com from now to the end of January to the American Red Cross.
Category : Animals
Last week, federal courts dismissed a case brought forward by animal activists on cruelty charges against Ringling Bros. Circus. Despite the dismissal, animal activists continue their protest of the use of animals for entertainment purposes.
Category : Animals
Please, please NEVER buy a pet from a store – ADOPT, but if you must purchase a pet go to a breeder, meet the people, meet the dog parents, see where the dogs live, where they play, ask lots of questions and make sure they’re breeding out of love and not for money. Pay close attention to the care given to the dogs and if you don’t like what you see report it!
You’ve probably never thought about it this way, but if you’re using conventional products you’re covering your body in chemicals – new year = new products – make the switch now for a healthier new you!
Revealed… the 515 chemicals women put on their bodies every day
I really like Seventh Generation products – I definitely use other brands but I can always trust that their stuff works. This video is a good, quick house tour to show you their products.
