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Vegetarianism

Choosing a more ethical way to eat

Some think vegetarianism a lifestyle choice but one author says there are good environmental reasons for it, writes Sherrill Nixon.
http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38093

 

Thanksgiving, Vegetarian-Style

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38069

 

Strict vegans in India: Aryans -5000 year old tribe still on a vegan diet

There are about 1,000 descendants of the Aryan tribes and they live scattered around Gilgit, Hunza, Kargil and Leh. Being nature worshippers, they celebrate the Bononah (nature) festival and are strict vegans, which means they are not only strictly vegetarian but also don't consume milk or milk products...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37993

 

Vegan Diet Good for Type 2 Diabetes

A vegan diet may do a better job of reducing cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients than a diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), according to a new study....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37806

 

Vegetarian shares the virtues of vegetables

Mom was right about eating your vegetables. Studies have shown that a low-calorie, high-nutrition diet of vegetables can stave off cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain cancers, said Brian Higginson, a registered dietician at Swedish Medical Center......

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37952

 

Sports nutrition guidelines for the vegetarian

Eat better, perform better

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38427

 

Australia: RSCPA reformers push vegan diets

A radical push has been staged within the RSPCA to endorse vegan diets as the best way to prevent cruelty to farmed animals....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37713

 

 

Hunger in the world

World Food Day 2008: Vegetarianism against global hunger

Common Press Release

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38147

 

FAO: Political, financial push urged to end hunger

Rome ceremony celebrates World Food Day

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38191

 

September 23 is Earth Overshoot Day

Globally, we now require the equivalent of 1.4 planets to support our lifestyles

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37625

 

Petition to the UN and FAO:

http://un.evana.org/

 

 

The risks of meat, milk and fish

China milk victims may have doubled to over 90,000

The toll of Chinese children ill from toxic milk formula may have nearly doubled since the Health Ministry's last public count, local media reports show...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37970

China pulls some eggs amid new food safety scare

Authorities said Wednesday they were investigating how eggs distributed by a Chinese company came to be tainted with the same industrial chemical at the center of a dairy scandal that sickened tens of thousands of babies.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38413

Dolphin meat bad for the health, say Japanese scientists

Japanese diners who enjoy tucking into dolphin meat are putting their health at risk, as well as courting international condemnation.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38186

USA: Why Mercury Tuna Is Still Legal

The Bush FDA helped industry suppress the bad news about mercury. Still want fish for dinner?

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38447

 

Meat and the environment

USA: Want fries with that budget crisis?

The amount of water consumed because of America’s meat habit is staggering. Over half the total amount of water consumed in the United States goes to irrigate land growing feed for livestock

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37653

see also:

MEAT - the huge burden on ecology, health and humanity

The September 2008 EVANA compilation

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37676

 

Climate Change Report Calls for Mandatory Meat Rationing

Calls for government to set consumption targets for meat, dairy, alcohol, and other food products

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37930

 

British researchers confirm that too much meat in our diet is leading to climate catastrophe

British researchers are suggesting that those of us in the world’s developed nations limit our weekly intake of meat to only four modest portions—and milk to just one liter—if we are to avoid “runaway” climate change.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37955

 

Meat by numbers

8 ---> The number of beef cattle we eat over an average lifetime. We also consume 36 sheep, 36 pigs and 550 poultry birds.
Britons' meat consumption is now 50 per cent higher than it was 40 years ago....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37871

 

EU Study: Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

Losses are great, and continuous, says the report

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38008

 

 

Animal protection

Austria: DNA-Tests prove innocence of Animal Activists

No matches between DNA samples taken from animal protectionist prisoners and those found at crime scenes

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38380

 

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Celebrities for animals and vegetarianism

Brigitte Bardot writes to Sarah Palin

“Your fight to keep polar bears off the Endangered Species list even though they are threatened by global warming demonstrates your total irresponsibility, your inability to protect or even respect animal life, but it's true that for you, a good animal is a dead one!“

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37944

Sir Paul McCartney has called for fans to boycott McDonald's after the fast food chain used an image of the former Beatle in its Liverpool store.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37975

more: Sir Paul McCartney has criticised Gordon Ramsay - calling the TV chef 'stupid'

Ramsay, 41, has angered the ex-Beatle, 66, with his outspoken comments against vegetarians(...)

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38235

 

'Get it up, go vegan,' says Alicia Mayer in poster

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37729

 

 

GMO

USA: Monsanto's intimidation tactics no longer legal

California’s first protections for Farmers from threats of genetic engineering become law

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37778

 

Commission transmits to Council proposal to authorise a GM soybean

The Commission will transmit to the Council a proposal to authorise a genetically modified (GM) soybean after Member States did not endorse it today during a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH).

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37803

 

USA: Bayer Avoided Class Actions, Faces 1,200 Rice Suits

Bayer AG's defeat of a bid by U.S. rice farmers to sue the company as a group doesn't end the matter. The German producer of genetically altered seeds still faces 1,200 individual claims of crop contamination........

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38183

 

 

Documentaries – Podcast - Videos

'Meat the Truth' - Warm reception for Dutch climate change film in Hollywood

Meat the Truth, the Dutch climate change film presented by Marianne Thieme, has been warmly received in Hollywood.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38278

 

CIWF: New film released on eve of OIE conference shows animals suffering as OIE guidelines are ignored

News Release

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38258

 

MoJo Audio: PETA Co-Founder and President Ingrid Newkirk

Mother Jones podcast--- >. Ingrid Newkirk is the president and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA], the world's largest animal rights organization….

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38264

 

Video: 20.000-40.000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of beef

Scientists have calculated that we would actually save more water by forgoing one pound of beef, or four hamburgers, than by not showering for at least six months.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37986

 

Croatia: Animals Die On Croatian Roads – Video

Animal Friends association protested in downtown Zagreb to point to the suffering animals go through during transport.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=38370

 

 

Miscellaneous

Seeking submissions for 'American Stories about Global Warming'

Information sent by 'Mother Jones'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=37684

 

 

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