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Have you been to the calculator page?

5.  Healthy eating 

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Skip the beef.​  It’s not difficult​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

"Beef is the most carbon-intensive food because of the

sheer amount of plant food needed to raise a cow ...

 

Cows create lots of methane.

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For more on BEEF, go to beef-and-climate, also see the Agribusiness page. 

"Meat and dairy account for ... 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gases."  ​​

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For more on DAIRY:  nrdc.org and Inside Climate News

Palm oil production causes damage –

"to forests, climate, people and endangered species."

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For PALM OIL infoenvironmental

impact and human rights

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Regarding CHOCOLATE, some sources are better than others: chocolatescorecard

 

visit: The Good Shopping Guide, or

Fairtrade America.

COFFEE isn't always for the best. 

 

Check out these fair trade options:  Fairtrade International, Fair Trade.​​

Exercise, drink plenty of fluids.  For more health tips, check out healthy-habits

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“What we should be scared of is ... cheeseburgers.” 
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"Meat consumption is linked to ... 
health issues.” 
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Food waste "went straight to landfill,

incineration, down the  drain,

or was simply left in the fields to rot." 

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"Food waste in America ... is now estimated 

to be 30 - 40% of [our] entire food supply." 

For food scraps and composting advice: 

Garden-Compost-Tips, Compost-Heap, or Homeowners Guide. â€‹ (Thanks Tara!) 

​​​​Search "10 ways to avoid food waste".​  Also: farmers markets near me 

In 1971, Frances Moore Lappe wrote the book, Diet for a Small Planet, which noted that

"world hunger is not caused by a lack of food", but rather by inequality. 

 

She argued in favor of environmental vegetarianism, which can lessen "biodiversity loss, pollution,

deforestationunsustainability, and the [mis]use of water and land."

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For more on famine go to the Death page. 

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