Vegetarian Star

Colbie Caillat can now share kisses with her guitarist Justin Kawika Young while traveling on the road.

According to Hollywoodlife, the two are now an official item and the singer admits her third album is pretty much a “I’m in love with Young” tribute.

“I have like 15 songs — they’re all pretty much about him — the falling in love stage and anything about him,” Caillat said.

That’s nice.

Even more interesting, though, is that Young is an aspiring vegetarian who may at least partly want to do so because of environment reasons.

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You’ve heard of Meatless Mondays, a campaign encouraging people to eat vegetarian just one day a week.

Will we soon see a movement promoting less dairy and eggs, called Vegan Thursdays?

Leona Lewis told Modern Dog magazine that she eats vegan one day a week, in addition to being a vegetarian the other six days.

“I am a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat or any fish, and I do try to be a vegan at least once a week where I don’t drink milk or eat cheese or eggs. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was twelve.”

The dairy industry isn’t without environmental impact.

Research on Ireland farms found it takes 3.59 to 6.7kWh per cow each week for milking, with a large part of electricity use going towards cooling milk and heating water.

There are humane arguments to using less dairy, such as the conditions female cows in factory farms must endure when they are unable to move and forced to produce unnatural amounts of milk during their lifetime.

Will your next step in going green be to cut dairy during the week?

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Peter Gabriel is throwing his support behind a petition to stop agricultural development in a spot near Bath, Somerset, the Woolley Valley area that inspired his first solo song after leaving Genesis.

The famous “Solsbury Hill” Gabriel wrote about in the 70s overlooks the valley that is comprised of steep winding lanes, small farms and stone villages.

A developer, Golden Valley Paddocks, wants to build mobile chicken units and an alpaca farm on the land that was once an organic farm.

Residents say the area is being ruined by development, which includes a built access road and an agricultural shed, and have formed the Save Woolley Valley Action Group.

“To see this willful violation of planning laws and destruction of a beautiful part of the valley is very upsetting,” Gabriel said, according to the BBC.

Gabriel raised his family in the area for several years and describes it as tight community where neighbors would “share their milk during heavy snowfall.”

The Save Woolley Valley Petition site has some before and after photos of the changes made to the area since development began.

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Martha Stewart is moving in on the eco friendly niche.

The domestic diva has a new line of eco-friendly cleaning products, Martha Stewart Clean.

Martha Stewart Clean products are made with at least 99% plant and mineral based ingredients, no artificial colors or fragrances, no sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and absolutely cruelty-free, as indicated on the company’s FAQs.

Q: Are your products tested on animals?
A: Martha Stewart Clean™ products are never tested on animals, and we do not allow our suppliers to do it for us. That’s why our labels carry the “Leaping Bunny” symbol indicating that our products are cruelty-free.

Q: Do Martha Stewart Clean™ products contain animal by-products?
A: No, Martha Stewart Clean™ products contain no animal by-products, unlike some other cleaning products (particularly fabric softeners).

Note: Many traditional fabric softeners contain animal fat.

Martha Stewart Clean

The Martha Stewart Clean line is broken into the categories of Laundry, All-Purpose, Kitchen and Bath.

Besides her non animal tallow containing fabric softener pictured here, Martha’s line includes glass and mirror cleaner, carpet stain remover, wood floor cleaner, all-purpose cleaner, dishwasher gel, liquid dishwasher hand soap,  bathroom cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, and laundry detergent.

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Al Gore recently spoke to a group of 800 college and high school students at Cal State Monterey Bay in the final series of installments in the Panetta Institute for Public Policy lecture series.

As expected, he commented on the recent Gulf Coast oil spill, but added that coal-fire plants produce similar environmental damage on a regular basis, putting three times as many pollutants into the air.

“Oil you can see,” Gore said. “CO2 is invisible, odorless and tasteless – invisible to the economy because it has no price tag on it.”

One student asked the former Vice President if he has stopped eating meat after learning of the environmental impact of the livestock industry.

His response was “no,” but that he had cut back.

It would be interesting to know how some meat reducers are performing their stunts.

Sure, many say that are eating less meat, but does that mean that are following Meatless Mondays?

Or only eating meat on the weekends?

We need more details on how the flexitarians plan their diets, so others can learn by example!

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Vegetarian Daryl Hannah says that children have Nature Deficient Disorder–where they spend their time playing video games or watching television instead of getting outside and learning about the Earth.

That’s why she’s throwing her support behind the UN’s International Day of Diversity on May 22, designed to teach children about looking after the planet.

According to Contact Music, Hannah told Britain’s Live from Studio Five, “We are in the midst of the biggest extinction crisis in human history. We’re losing 150 to 200 species every 24 hours and it’s all human caused. The UN and the CBD – the Convention for Biological Diversity – are trying to figure out ways to get kids engaged because they’re our future champions of the planet.”

Hannah then offered suggestions to get children involved, such as land cleanup or looking after local wildlife.

“You want as much diversity as possible and to encourage that with (children planting) seeds is a great way. Another great way to encourage kids is to put up a bird’s nest or to go out and be little scientists and track what’s in their neighborhood, and clean up their neighborhood – a park or a river.”

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Sea Shepherd has announced its plans to assist with the oil spill cleanup and wildlife rescue in the Gulf Coast.

According to the organziation’s website, Sea Shepherd is working to secure a boat in Europe to bring to the Gulf area. The HAZMAT trained crew will assist in rescue operations on both land and sea, working with BP officials, local fisherman and other government officials.

Captain Paul Watson is calling on other organizations with both manpower and supplies to join their efforts.

“Sea Shepherd and other organizations have ships,” said Watson. “These groups, as well as governments and corporations, have resources. We need to mobilize these resources now. This is going to be a long, dirty, and fatiguing process, but we must act, and we must act now.”

Sea Shepherd is looking for volunteers to assist, as well as donations of detergents, towels, fuel and other supplies.

Sea Shepherd has a history in assisting with oil cleanup and marine rescue, including the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989.

For information on how you can assist, email gulfrescue [at] seashepherd [dot] org.

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Some of the cast members of Glee told Mother Nature Network how they stay green.

Glee has its share of singing vegetarians, so it’s no surprise that Jenna Ushkowitz‘s tip was to “eat less meat.”

A few facts from the Natural Resources Defense Council:

From 1995 to 1998, 1,000 spills or pollution incidents occurred at livestock feedlots in 10 states and 200 manure-related fish kills resulted in the death of 13 million fish.

Ammonia, a toxic form of nitrogen released in gas form during waste disposal, can be carried more than 300 miles through the air before being dumped back onto the ground or into the water, where it causes algal blooms and fish kills.

Ammonia, a toxic form of nitrogen released in gas form during waste disposal, can be carried more than 300 miles through the air before being dumped back onto the ground or into the water, where it causes algal blooms and fish kills.

Yeah, factory farms and meat give you nothing good to sing about, that’s for sure.

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