Mark Bittman on Colbert Report Discussing Meat and Global Warming

Mark Bittman, is the author of Food Matters, writer/food blogger at the NY Times, tonight appeared on what many consider to be the mother of all political talk shows, the Colbert Report.

Read Full Post »

10 Resources on Meat and Global Warming You Never Heard Of

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

10 Online Videos on Meat and Global Warming

Here are 10 videos from some diverse voices that help explain the impact of meat on global warming and the environment.

Read Full Post »

10 Popular Studies on Meat and Global Warming for Anyone

These are 10 popular & frequently-cited, studies and reports on meat and global warming. I find that they all help to effectively illustrate the carbon footprint of meat in different ways.

Read Full Post »

Eating Less Meat Could Save $20 Trillion

New Scientist Magazine reports that researchers from the Netherlands have concluded that cutting back on meat could save $20 trillion off the cost of fighting global warming. According to the study (published Feb. 2009), if the world were to adopt a low-meat diet (defined as 70 grams of beef and 325 grams of chicken and [...]

Read Full Post »

Beef Creates 57 Times More Greenhouse Gasses than Potatoes

Scientific American has put together 5 slides about the environmental costs of meat.  This one in particular caught my eye. So if… 1/2 lb. of potatoes = Driving 0.17 mile, and 1/2 lb. of beef = Driving 9.81 miles It would take the equivalent of 57 lbs of potatoes to make the same amount of [...]

Read Full Post »

The Cattle Industry is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest

In a matter of decades, most of the Amazon, and the incredible value that could’ve been provided to millions of people, was lost due to the cattle industry and the rising global appetite for meat.

Read Full Post »