Just came across an excellent post from Jamais Cascio on the Carbon Footprint of the Cheeseburger
In summary, he concludes:
To make it clear, then: the greenhouse gas emissions arising every year from the production and consumption of cheeseburgers is roughly the amount emitted by 6.5 million to 19.6 million SUVs. There are now approximately 16 [...]

As previously reported here, last year’s report from the UN International Panel on Climate Change was pretty clear, if subtle, about the idea that livestock production was a major factor in production of greenhouse gasses, and that reducing or eliminating your consumption of such products was one of the best ways you can contribute to [...]

The folks at Bostonist have launched a regular vegan column:
In part due to the all the wonderful feedback we received from our two vegan-themed holiday posts, we’ve decided to have the vegan column be a regular feature. Every Thursday Bostonist will offer some vegan love; not limited to recipes, veg/vegan restaurant reviews, compassionate living information, [...]

Last night I had dinner at Pot au vert, a vegetarian restaurant near the main train station (hauptbanhoff) in Zurich.

Although the “menu card” (linked to the image) online is only available in German, as in most Swiss restaurants English menus are available and the waitstaff speak many languages (German, English, and French most often).
Pot [...]

Yesterday was Thanksliving 2007 at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.
It was a fantastic event, which started with meeting three baby lambs recently arrived:
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We also toured around the farm and took some photos and met some animals before dinner began see the photoset at flickr.
The menu was, as expected, absolutely fantastic, featuring food from Isa [...]