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The Cancun Declaration
Veg Climate Alliance has recently compiled a declaration, supported by thousands of people in the groups listed below. There are also translations of the declaration listed at the end. Declaration on Meat Consumption and Climate Change A call from people … Continue reading
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VNV: Eating Up the World
What an awesome 16 pages: Eating Up The World from Vegetarian Network Victoria. Download it in PDF file and Aussies should send the link on to all their buddies too. It’s geared towards Australians however it’s great info for everyone. … Continue reading
Report: Copenhagen Diagnosis
A scientific update from the University of New South Wales (Australia) Climate Change Research Centre communicates the current scientific understanding of our climate’s likely future. It’s part of a trend to look at the climate problem realistically and weigh the … Continue reading
Climate Change, Sustainable Diet, Health – Download the Booklet
Click “continue reading” to view the live version of the PDF, or download the original.
Friends of Earth: Feeding the Beast
From the media briefing: Friends of the Earth has calculated that an estimated £700 million of English taxpayers’ money was spent on propping up factory farming through the CAP in 2008. In the England, factory farming is propped up with … Continue reading
Spiegel Online: The Cow is a Climate Bomb
‘The Cow Is a Climate Bomb’ From the article: On Monday Foodwatch published a comprehensive study of the effects of agriculture on the climate, the first study of its kind that differentiates between conventional and organic farming. [Link: Foodwatch/climate] The … Continue reading
Greenpeace: Amazon Cattle Footprint
Here are the reasons, given by Greenpeace in their new report: Amazon Cattle Footprint. Forests are a crucial carbon stock: forest ecosystems globally store about one-anda-half times as much carbon as is present in the atmosphere.25 Deforestation of tropical forests … Continue reading
Methane – 72 Times the Warming Potential of C02
This video courtesy of SupremeMasterTV.com features a great explanation of why the global warming potential (GWP) factor of 25 often attributed to Methane is actually less than half what it should be. This radically changes the way we need to … Continue reading
WSPCA: Eating Our Future
That’s exactly what we’re doing. Download the full WSPCA report Eating Our Future The report summarises: Current trends in animal production are literally unsustainable. Worse, animal production makes a major contribution to the climate change that is threatening the future … Continue reading
Livestock 40% of Australian GHG Emission, Association Reveals
This PDF is the submission to the Senate Committee on Climate Policy made by the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association centers in Australia. Adopting a more realistic Global Warming Potential value for methane, 72, the Australian centers of the … Continue reading
Food Futures: Rethinking UK Strategy
According to a recent report, Food Futures: Rethinking UK Strategy, the only future in which food will remain affordable to poor is one that incorporates a shift to vegetarianism. Well, there is another scenario in which climate change does not … Continue reading
Report: Climate Safety – “In Case of Emergency”
This report doesn’t touch on the relationship between diet and climate. It’s value lies in it’s examination of current climate predictions, and the reality of the situation. http://climatesafety.org/wp-content/uploads/climatesafety.pdf Courtesy the Public Interest Research Centre
Beyond Cutting Emissions: Protecting Wildlife and Ecosystems in a Warming World
Read Beyond Cutting Emissions: Protecting Wildlife and Ecosystems in a Warming World. From Defenders of Wildlife.
