| "baby" carrots |
[Mar. 27th, 2007|12:00 pm] |
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This may seem obvious, but I only recently learned that baby carrots are actually just regular carrots peeled to size. I know that it's convenient, but it seems like a lot of waste would go into manufacturing these tiny bites, whereas an entire pound of regular carrots peeled and chopped into sticks only left me with a teeny handful of waste. Just a thought. crossposted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ethicaleaters |
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[Dec. 17th, 2006|05:28 pm] |
Hi all. I hope this isn't too frowned upon, but I started a community that might have relevance to anyone here who's from the Bay Area. It's for those who are interested in discussing better ways to live more sustainable lifestyles in San Francisco. There are so many different resources out there, and I thought it would be nice to be able to find them in one place and be able to talk to like-minded people about these issues. Here it is:
sustain_sf
If anyone wants to be a co-mod that would be great because I'm hardly an expert on the subject. Just another SF girl trying to do my part on a budget and limited time. Hope you'll join. Sorry for the X-posting! |
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[Jun. 18th, 2006|04:25 pm] |
Can anyone recommend any really great environmental books? Any aspect is welcomed :]
cross posted a bit, sorry |
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| Another fine reason why eating Beef is so destructive to the enviornment |
[Oct. 19th, 2005|05:30 pm] |
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Are You Paying to Burn the Rainforest?
If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes
...We shouldn’t be eating beef at all. Because the conversion efficiency of feed to meat is so low in cattle, there is no more wasteful kind of food production. British beef producers would be extinct were it not for subsidies and European tariffs. Brazilian meat threatens them only because it is so cheap that it can outcompete theirs even after trade taxes have been paid. But if it’s unethical to eat British beef, it’s 100 times worse to eat Brazilian.
Until 1990, Brazil produced only enough beef to feed itself. Since then its cattle herd has grown by some 50 million, and the country has become, according to some estimates, the world’s biggest exporter: it now sells 1.9 million tonnes a year(3). The United Kingdom is its fourth largest customer, after Russia, Egypt and Chile(4). One region is responsible for 80% of the growth in Brazilian beef production. It’s the Amazon(5).
The last three years have been the most destructive in the Brazilian Amazon’s history. In 2004, 26,000 square kilometres of rainforest were burnt: the second highest rate on record(6). This year could be worse. And most of it is driven by cattle ranching.
According to the Center for International Forestry Research, cattle pasture accounts for six times more cleared land in the Amazon than cropland: even the notorious soya farmers, who have ploughed some five million hectares of former rainforest, cover just one tenth of the ground taken by the beef producers(7). The four Amazon states in which the most beef is produced are the four with the highest deforestation rates.
Cattle ranching, if it keeps expanding in the Amazon, threatens two-fifths of the world’s remaining rainforest. This is not just the most diverse ecosystem, but also the biggest reserve of standing carbon. Its clearance could provoke a hydrological disaster in South America, as rainfall is reduced as the trees come down. Next time you see footage of the forest burning, remember that you might have paid for it.
Many Brazilians, especially those whose land is being grabbed by the cattlemen, are trying to stop the destruction. The ranchers have an effective argument: when people complain, they kill them. In February we heard an echo of the massacre which has so far claimed 1200 lives(8), when the American nun Dorothy Stang was murdered – almost certainly by beef producers. The ranchers believed to have killed her were, like cattlemen throughout the Amazon, protected by the police(9).
For the same reason, and despite the best efforts of President Lula, the ranchers are now employing some 25,000 slaves on their estates(10). These are people who are transported thousands of miles from their home states, then – forced to buy their provisions from the ranch shop at inflated prices – kept in permanent debt. Because of the expansion of beef production in the Amazon, slavery in Brazil has quintupled in ten years(11). |
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[Aug. 25th, 2005|03:30 am] |
Please sign this petition to protect the National Forests of the United States. You must be a US citizen to sign. The petition reads:
To: U.S. Congress
Dear members of Congress:
Please introduce the Forever Wild Act, as supported by the Native Forest Council, to the 109th session of Congress. Our public lands, now owned and hereafter acquired, deserve complete and total protection from extractive industries. Do everything in your power to eliminate all logging, road building, grazing, mining, and drilling on every acre of Federal public lands, including but not limited to: National Forests, National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, Wilderness Areas, BLM lands, and National Monuments.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
http://www.petitiononline.com/ZEROCUT/petition.html
thanks for your support!
Carey Ella
xposted all over the place |
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[Jul. 13th, 2005|04:43 pm] |
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Hey, does anyone have a really great recipes for tofu? I have some tofu blocks, and I'm not quite sure what I should do with them besides chop up for soups...any help would be great! Thanks! |
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| recipes |
[Jun. 23rd, 2005|05:40 pm] |
Anyone have a good recipe for grilled portabello mushroom caps?
i am thinking of grilling the caps and putting some red peppers, rice, beans, garlic and whatever else on top.
-cheers |
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| My fish problem |
[Jun. 8th, 2005|10:58 pm] |
Because it is world Oceans day, I thought I would ask about something concerning the ocean.
I turned Vegetarian about 3 years ago after a revelation one day about how I could not stand to eat something I myself couldn’t kill. Since then my justification for being Vegetarian have evolved to include environmental reasons. When I first switched to no beef, chicken, and other non-aquatic meat, the transition was relatively unnoticeable, and I found that I quickly stopped craving anything with meat in it or desire to eat meat. However, I have never been able to have the same success with fish. I have tried given up fish 3 times to go strict veggie, but I find my body craves seafood insatiably. I have grown up in a food culture that is utilizes lots of sea food, so in a way it is my comfort food and something I have grown eating. What’s more is that I can justify eating fish from my original reason for going vegetarian in that I can kill a fish (I will and have boiled my own live crawfish). However, being what I term an eco-veggie, there are many types of fish that I could not with a clear conscience eat because of the dramatic toll that commercial fishing inflicts on the biosphere and ocean ecology. I refuse to eat any tuna, anchovies, or cod, which are all species of fish that have been driven to near extinction. Therefore I have limited my fish eating to only shell fish caught in local Louisiana Mississippi waters. Supporting local industries that don’t use excessive over fishing methods and supporting local economies tie into a lot of my beliefs, so I feel justified in eating fish for those reasons.
Do any of you still eat fish, and you do, do you impose any restrictions? |
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| Pamela Anderson |
[Jun. 7th, 2005|05:27 pm] |
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Did anyone else see A&E biogarphy the other night on Pamela Anderson? I knew she was a spokeswoman for peta but for some reason I never put two and two together to guess she was a vegetarian too. Now I like her a whole lote more... |
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| Post a response |
[May. 22nd, 2005|10:05 pm] |
A disgusting egg eating..
I received this link in my email today and everyone should post on this persons blog and let him know how crewel it is to eat ostrich eggs.
This is his recipe for a Scotch Ostrich Egg.
Posted Here http://www.blogjam.com/2005/05/15/scotch-ostrich-egg/#respond
"Scotch Ostrich Egg
Reaction to last month’s mammoth pork pie post was almost universally favourable, but the most intriguing response came from reader JB, who suggested that I construct a scotch egg, using an ostrich egg rather than the more usual chicken’s egg. So I did." |
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| Your thoughts on PETA |
[May. 19th, 2005|03:17 pm] |
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Just curouious to know what your thoughts on on PETA and if anyone here is a memeber of PETA. I am a memeber of Amnesty International and the Sierra Club, but I refuse to join PETA. I find their ad campaigns to be rather annoying and ineffective, and I am not a fan of their politics in that they are completely against scientific testing on animals.
What are you thoughts on this? |
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| invitation - eco_australia |
[May. 19th, 2005|06:30 pm] |
I'd like to extend an invitation to fellow Australians who are interested in or working in the field of environmental issues, to join our active group: eco_australia
New Zealanders and other Pacific people are also welcome to join!
So we hope to see you there :) |
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| What to do with Picked off meat? |
[May. 11th, 2005|10:31 pm] |
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So lately living home with my family I have faced the delima of what to do with the picked off meat. I am the only vegetarian in the household, so often times, my family takes no consideration into preparing veggie meals for me and I find myself having to pick off the meat, and then if I can't find anyone to eat it I often just have to throw it away. So then I was pondering, would it then just be better to eat the meat myself than waste it, even though I am a vegeatarian? What do ya'll do with the meat you have to pick off of your food, and do you think it goes against being a vegetarian to simply eat it so it does not go to waste? |
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| Vegan a must |
[Apr. 24th, 2005|04:15 pm] |
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So I have a discussion topic to start this community off with:
Is it possible to be an ecoveggie and still eat dairy and egg or is it hypocritical? Do you have to be strict vegan to be a "real" ecoveggie? |
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[Apr. 17th, 2005|06:29 pm] |
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Hey, I'm really glad to joint his, it's seems very cool... so hey, I'm Krista. |
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