Comments on: Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season http://www.leafygreen.info/book-reviews/green-christmas-how-to-have-a-joyous-eco-friendly-holiday-season/ green reviews. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oliver Lall http://www.leafygreen.info/book-reviews/green-christmas-how-to-have-a-joyous-eco-friendly-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 Oliver Lall Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:10:23 +0000 http://www.leafygreen.info/book-reviews/green-christmas-how-to-have-a-joyous-eco-friendly-holiday-season/#comment-1817 Thank you for posting about this book, and reminding people that simple actions can help a lot the environment. One of the most effective actions to have a green holiday, and actually live a greener life, though, is to go vegetarian, or vegan. Animal agriculture generates 18% of greenhouse gas, more than all transportation vehicles combined. For every 1/4 pound of beef produced, approximately 67 square feet of rainforest is cut down. And you save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year. You can read online some chapters related to factory farming and climate change, as well as detailing practical and easy solutions that individuals, businesses and organizations can implement, on the website of the book 'Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering', by Ethan Smith with Guy Dauncey, forward by Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, at: <a href="http://www.earthfuture.com/ark" rel="nofollow">www.earthfuture.com/ark</a> And for ideas of delicious vegetarian recipes for the holiday, visit: <a href="http://www.vegcooking.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vegcooking.com/</a> Thank you for posting about this book, and reminding people that simple actions can help a lot the environment. One of the most effective actions to have a green holiday, and actually live a greener life, though, is to go vegetarian, or vegan. Animal agriculture generates 18% of greenhouse gas, more than all transportation vehicles combined. For every 1/4 pound of beef produced, approximately 67 square feet of rainforest is cut down. And you save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year.
You can read online some chapters related to factory farming and climate change, as well as detailing practical and easy solutions that individuals, businesses and organizations can implement, on the website of the book 'Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering', by Ethan Smith with Guy Dauncey, forward by Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, at: http://www.earthfuture.com/ark

And for ideas of delicious vegetarian recipes for the holiday, visit: http://www.vegcooking.com/

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