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Environmental cost of meat

Changing cow wind for real wind power

December 29, 2008

Here’s a double whammy for the environment. Triple Pundit reports that “ranchers and property owners in high, steady wind areas of Wyoming and neighboring western states turn to wind energy associations as a means of better understanding and coming to terms with the growing number of wind energy project developers and agents interested in leasing [...]

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Green Thing film competition

August 7, 2008

So you are a student, you like to be green and make films? So here’s an opportunity for you. Related Posts:No Related Posts Found! Go find some…

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For the ‘Almost Vegetarians’

June 13, 2008

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Vegetarianism and climate change

June 4, 2008

One of the most respected discussion programs on the BBC, Newsnight, focused last night on the statement made by Yvi de Boer, the head of the UN climate agency, who recently said: “The best solution would be for us all to become vegetarians”. The UN official was responding to criticism that measures to tackle climate [...]

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Plant trees to offset your carbon footprint

May 19, 2008

There are many things you can do to mitigate your impact on the environment and climate change: cycling to work, consuming less, avoiding airplanes, sharing car rides, removing meat from the diet, saving electricity, recycling, buying organic produce etc. The list goes on. In my last blog I wrote about the departure of the Brazilian [...]

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