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Reducing Meat and Dairy in School Lunches Save Money and the Planet, Study Finds
iStock/asiseeit A new case study from Friends of the Earth shows that reducing meat and cheese in school lunches doesn’t just save money, it also proves an effective strategy for mitigating climate...
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American Beef Consumption Drops Nearly 20 Percent, NRDC Report Shows
iStock/asiseeit Between 2005 and 2014, American beef consumption decreased 19 percent, according to a new study from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The report, entitled, “Less Beef, Less...
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Ruby Rose Wants You to Go Vegan to Fight Climate Change (and Trump)
Image via Ruby Rose/Instagram “Orange Is The New Black” actress Ruby Rose might be famous for her roles as Litchfield inmate and John Wick adversary, but in real life the bad-girl action star is going...
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President Obama’s Not Vegetarian, But He Still Wants You to Eat More Plants
At the Global Food Innovation Summit held in Milan on Tuesday, former President Obama came out swinging for the planet. In an on-stage conversation with former White House chef Sam Kass, the two...
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Factory Farming is a Global Public Health Crisis: Experts Plea to the World...
iStock/MilosCirkovic “Eating animals may have been crucial to our survival in the past. But now, it’s killing us.” That’s the final note to the World Health Organization in a New York Times op-ed...
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Swapping Beans for Beef Could Hit 50% of GHG Reduction Targets by 2020
iStock/AndreyGorulko Humble and versatile, the protein and fiber rich bean may have some pretty significant implications for the planet, according to recent research out of Loma Linda University....
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Love Traveling? Want Kids? Then You Have to Go Vegan, According to New Research
iStock/vsurkov Ready to go vegan? If you want to have any kind of life aside from eating meat, this new research will convince you that going plant-based is the key to having it all. Reducing or...
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Sustainable Agriculture is the Best Way to Feed the World, New Research Confirms
iStock/martinhosmart Two new studies point to the importance of the continued development of sustainable agriculture around the world, both for the climate and for the world’s population. One...
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Fast, Cheap Meat is Ushering in the Anthropocene, Scientists Warn
iStock/tutye Not since the loss of dinosaurs has the earth lost so many species so quickly, warn the world’s leading scientists. The sixth mass extinction is indeed underway and industrial agriculture...
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New Study Shows Organic Soil Has a 26 Percent Higher Potential for Carbon...
iStock/CasaraGuru Organic soil has a 26 percent higher potential for long-term carbon storage than soil from conventional farms, finds new research. The study, which is a cooperative effort from...
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Organic Agriculture May Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, New Study Shows
iStock/pixdeluxe A new study has shown that converting land from conventional to organic agriculture could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications,...
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Is Meat the New Tobacco? What a Meat Tax Means for the Planet
Photo by Zoltan Kovacs on Unsplash While little compares to the cool factor of Humphrey Bogart pulling on a Chesterfield in “Casablanca” nearly seventy-five years ago, cigarettes today aren’t so cool...
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15th Annual Pre-Oscars Global Green Gala Raises Money for Climate Disaster...
The 15th annual Pre-Oscars Global Green Gala fundraiser by EARTHx was held last night in Hollywood. The event urged the entertainment industry to up its commitments to fighting against climate change....
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Climate Change Will Lead to Profound Food Insecurity Worldwide, New Study Shows
iStock/cinoby Weather extremes caused by climate change may soon lead to food insecurity around the world, according to a paper from the University of Exeter. The paper was published in the journal...
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5 Beautiful Cities Working to Save the Environment
iStock/AleksandarGeorgiev With so much not being done about climate change, it’s easy to lose hope in the idea that the American government, and the rest of the world for that matter, will ever rise to...
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New Research Adds to the Evidence That a Plant-Based Diet is Better for the...
iStock/alle2 A new research review from the University of Oxford shows that eating a plant-based diet is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint. “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way...
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Can a Coffee Shortage Persuade Climate Deniers to Take Action Against GHGs?
iStock/lechatnoir Few things keep the world running like coffee. It’s the often underappreciated yet critical element relied upon by world leaders and factory workers alike. From sleepless parents to...
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Pakistan Will Battle Climate Change By Planting 10 Billion Trees
Pakistan’s incoming prime minister, Imran Khan, is leading the nation to a greener future with the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami program, an environmental initiative that aims to bring ten billion new trees...
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USDA’s Facility Move May Cut Resources to Combat Climate Change, Nutrition...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced last week a plan to relocate several USDA research offices. According to the plan, the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute for Food...
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U.S. National Parks Take the Biggest Hit From Climate Change
Climate change is taking its toll on America’s national parks, new data reveal. The recent study found that the country’s national parks are warming at twice the pace of the national average, with...
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