Eating for a Healthy Planet

ARTICLES (PDF format)
VIDEOS
LINKS

ARTICLES:

PDFs: Click on any image to download PDF (or the link below it to source)

ENVIRONMENT:
Why It's Green to Go Vegetarian [UK Vegetarian Society] vegsoc.org	Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the US pubs.acs.org	Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the US pubs.acs.org
Livestock's Long Shadow fao.org	Earthsave Global Warming Strategy earthsave.org	The Global Benefits of Eating Less Meat http://www.ciwf.org.uk/
Global Warming Executive Summary http://www.ciwf.org.uk/	Eating for the Earth veg.ca	Meat, Now It's Not Personal worldwatch.org
Livestock & Climate Change worldwatch.org	Limits to Growth: Facing Food Scarcity Source: earthsave.ca	New York Times: Re-thinking the Meat Guzzler Source: earthsave.ca
Health:
Vegetarian Starter Kit pcrm.org	Vegetarian Nutrition Guide TVA veg.ca & pcrm.org	Vegetarian Foods: Powerful for Health pcrm.org
A New Food Guide for North American Vegetarians www.dietitians.ca	Protecting Your Bones pcrm.org	The Cancer Project: Processed Meat in Schools pcrm.org
Young Veggie Guide [UK Vegetarian Society] vegsoc.org	Veggie Kids' Kitchen [UK Vegetarian Society] vegsoc.org	Healthy Snacks for Kids [PCRM] pcrm.org
Healthy Eating Booklet [UK Vegetarian Society] vegsoc.org	Project Book for Schools [UK Vegetarian Society] vegsoc.org	FITNESS: Food Power for Athletes (PCRM) Fitness and Exercise on a Vegan Diet

VIDEOS:

Excerpt from the film "Meat The Truth," The power to stop climate change is ours. What we choose to eat influences climate change more than anything else (2 minutes)

Al Gore: I'm not a vegetarian but I have cut back sharply on the meat that I eat:

Meatless Mondays: Inspiring a Movement:

Link to watch Earthlings movie (1 hr. 36 min. streaming)

Here are links to view videos about famous vegetarians from YouTube:

Sir Paul McCartney sums it all up: "If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty."