Posted on 28 May 2008
What do Food and Climate Change have in common? Well if you look at this Cars=13% of all carbon emissions and Livestock=18% of all carbon emissions eating less meat or even going Vegetarian/Vegan is better than switching to a hybrid car and even better if you go vegan and own a hybrid!
About 5 months ago [...]
Tags: energy, food, Health, Marion Iowa - USA, Pollution
Posted on 15 May 2008
Frankenstein foods, biodiversity loss, corporate takeover of the countryside. These have all been given as reasons to hate GM. That’s my experience in the UK.
Some Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in poorer countries support the use of GM crop. These NGOs see it as another problem: the gap between the rich and [...]
Tags: Editor, farming, food, Sustainability
Posted on 19 February 2008
According to research behind a recent BBC Panorama programme called ‘Bottled Water – Who needs it?’ (1), a litre of a well known French mineral water, generates 600 times as much Carbon Dioxide as a litre of London tap water.
I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to buying the stuff. Ironically I only buy [...]
Tags: Shopping, Sustainability, water