Eco-Tip 20

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 20

Eat less meat. Bear with me, I'm not going to get preachy! The meat industry is shockingly energy intensive, all morality aside. Rather than deliver the raw, wholesome and complete nutrients straight to the consumer, the meat industry redirects it through a new medium and ends up sacrificing most of the plants' calories, protein, vitamins and minerals, all while using more unnecessary energy to transport livestock, feed and to run slaughterhouses. I won't bombard you with statistics; instead I'll just give you this link. It's not necessary to immediately abandon all meat products and by-products. It's understandable: many cultures cook a lot of meat and it can be an arduous process to switch off. Any level of limiting meat consumption goes a long way.

P.S. Sorry there was no post last week. I was in San Jose with no internet. (I barely survived.)
P.P.S. Cash for Clunkers is AWESOME!