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- Ronnie Citron-Fink
- February 21, 2010
- 7:04 am
- 502 comments
I don’t generally get star struck, and food is not one of my writing niches, as the cook in the ‘ol EcoNest is my husband, but when a Beatle and an Oscar-winning actress get involved in something I care deeply about, like whether or not to eat meat, I’m over the moon.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has a blog. She and, Paul McCartney, a dyed-in-the-wool vegetarian, have a story to tell about the environmental impact of raising livestock. Gwyneth’s blog is called GOOP. Her blog is not going to change the world like Care2 will, but it is worth checking out as she lives an uber-healthy and green lifestyle and shares some wonderful recipes, things to do, and places to go.
GOOP posted a story by Paul McCartney about Meat-Free Monday. Here’s how it starts:
“In 2006, the United Nations issued a report which stated that the livestock industry as a whole was responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the whole of the transport sector put together.”
Paul (just writing his name makes me swoon) found this statement interesting because, “The UN is not a vegetarian society as a whole, so their findings would not be biased.”
Next: 8 facts about the livestock industry
Read more: Celebrities, EcoNesting, Food, Green, Health, Beatles, Blogs, celebrities, global warming, healthy food, livestock, Meet-Free Monday, UN, vegetarian
Ronnie Citron-Fink
Ronnie Citron-Fink is a writer, editor and educator. She has written hundreds of articles about sustainable living, the environment, design, and family life for websites, books and magazines. Ronnie is the creator of Econesting, and the managing editor of Moms Clean Air Force. Ronnie was named one of the Top Ten Living Green Experts by Yahoo. Ronnie lives in New York with her family.
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Interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting, never heard of Parks. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice pictures. Thank you for posting!
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502 comments
+ add your ownGo vegan!
Every day is fine to go meat-free, not only mondays.
Interesting comments!
thanks.
Don't give me the "you didn't do it right" song and dance. I had a long-time vegetarian mentor. Now I'm all messed up and fighting diabetes. My diabetes doctor told me don't dare go vegetarian again. Low carbs only for me.
A great idea, and great info in article; thanks!!
Charles, a lot of people gain weight and lose nutrition when they go vegetarian and don't do it properly. They substitute packaged processed foods for what they were eating instead of focusing on FRESH fruits, Vegetables and legumes. If you do it properly you can replace every nutritional need through a vegetarian diet. Research how to go vegetarian and I'm certain you will have a different result.
I gainede an insane amount of weight and got sick when I was a vegetarian.
Those figures are really scary
I love my Veggies,Fruits.Big mushrooms. Grains. You can do it And you can eat more if you wont and not feel bad about it. I lost ten pounds my first seven days as a vegetarian. And I do feel so much better.
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