By Meredith Rosenberg In early October, the United Nations released a climate change report forewarning of global catastrophes (severe flooding, wildfires, droughts) that could begin by 2040 unless drastic changes are made to reduce greenhouse gases. It might seem like a daunting task, but here are five lifestyle changes you can make right now to […]
By Melissa Kravitz “You are what you eat” may be one of the oldest sayings ever to be repeated around the dinner table, but can you also eat what you are? The idea of eating to suit your identity dates back millennia, particularly with religious dietary restrictions seen as shaping an eater’s personality and identity. […]
By Matthew Ponsford Human, monkey, pig. Wrapped inside the giant magnetic coil of an magnetic imaging resonance (MRI) scanner, three silent animal videos flash up and then disappear in front of a test subject’s eyes. Each animal moves their mouth, contorting into shapes, which could be speaking, or not. Five years ago, in the spring […]
One Meal a Day for the Planet and the Center for Biological Diversity Tuesday hosted events at Applebee’s locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Clearwater, Florida to ask the restaurant to add at least one plant-based entrée to all of its menus nationwide. “Applebee’s has an opportunity to show real leadership and […]
By Reynard Loki Whole Foods bills itself as “America’s healthiest grocery store,” but what it’s doing to the environment is anything but healthy. According to a new report, the chain is helping to drive one of the nation’s worst human-made environmental disasters: the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. By not requiring environmental safeguards […]
Update, Sept 4: The bottom of this article has been updated with the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s new guidelines and a statement from Beyond Meat. Missouri is the first state in the country to enact a law that criminalizes certain uses of the word “meat.” The mandate, which came into effect on Tuesday, prohibits companies […]
By Brian Barth Many Americans assume that anything labeled “USDA Organic” hails from the U.S.. And for produce, at least, the assumption typically holds true, with the exception of obvious imports like mangoes or coffee beans or tomatoes in January. But the farther an item is removed from the soil, the greater the possibility it […]
By Lisa Archer Friends of the Earth recently released a brief that raised important questions about laboratory-created animal replacement products (in vitro meat and genetically engineered proteins) that are in development or on the market ahead of robust health and environmental assessment, oversight and labeling. Some of the coverage and responses to our report created […]
Growing office-space startup WeWork is introducing a new flavor of corporate sustainability with its announcement Thursday that the entire company is going vegetarian, CNN Tech reported Friday. The company of around 6,000 will no longer serve meat at events or reimburse employees for pork, red meat or poultry. “New research indicates that avoiding meat is […]
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