Vegetarian Star

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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Moby credits his mother for turning him on to veganism and animal rights, as he told Vegetarian Times she tried to “sneak tofu into my food and I would be outraged.”

Moby eventually learned to love the life his mother was trying to impress on him and as we approach Mother’s Day, model and eco friendly beauty products entrepreneur Josie Maran also thanks her mother for bringing her up environmentally friendly.

“My mom is my role model for being green,” Maran said, and revealed that earlier that afternoon she had shown her own daughter how to plant produce in the garden.

Do you have your mother to thank for being vegetarian and green?

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Rory Freedman, co-author of the Skinny Bitch book series, spent her Earth Day hiking with her dog and friends and enjoying a vegan meal from the Veggie Grill restaurant in West Hollywood.

“True environmentalists are vegans,” she told MNN.

Freedman has been a vegetarian for 16 years and a vegan for the past five.

When a manure Lagoon burst at the Marks Dairy farm located in upstate New York several years ago, the result of 3 million gallons of liquid manure being forced into the waters killed several hundred thousand bass, pickerel, pike, trout and walleye fish as it depleted the water of Oxygen while depositing toxic ammonia.

The event also forced nearby towns to redirect the source of their water supply.

Meat’s not green and neither is dairy.

Try swapping the 2% for an almond milk instead and put soy cheese on that pizza next time!

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An EPA intern has angered members of the American Farm Bureau Association by posting on the EPA’s blog the idea that eating less meat and going vegetarian can help the environment.

Nicole Reising wrote:

“There are a variety of different environmental impacts that occur due to the production of meat:

Air pollution due to dust and liquid manures.
Fossil fuels, water, and land over-use
Rainforest erosion and destruction for pasture land
Water contamination due to animal waste”

Reising suggests going vegetarian or vegan to combat these problems, and emphasizes the numerous sources of plant proteins like seitan and soy.

“While this is a position taken by an intern of the agency, EPA should control its blog space,” said AFBP President Bob Stallman. “What is written on its blog comes across as its official position toward farmers and ranchers that it regulates and shows a terrible disregard for them and the agriculture industry.”

Animal industry advocate and lobbyist Steve Kopperud,  posted an online response stating this was definitely not what his taxes were paying for.

“I’m at a loss to understand how a taxpayer-supported government agency can give the time and access to an intern to spread what can only be described as incredibly naïve, but politically volatile misinformation.”

You can read Reising’s entire post on the EPA blog, as well as over 20o responses to it.

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Stella McCartney has just opened her first clothing store in Milan.

The New York Times is reporting the store has a sustainable oak parquet floor, manufactured for the same furniture company her husband owns.

Stella is looking to make the entire store environmentally friendly, as she hopes to attain LEED certification, a standard implying the building is using resources like water and energy most efficiently, reducing CO2 emissions and maintaining a quality indoor environment.

The vegetarian designer who refuses to use leather or fur in any of her collections routinely makes decisions in her business to reach a higher level of ethics, which include using organic cotton, low impact dyes and manufacturing in countries that do not use child labor.

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Colin Beavan, better known as the guy who’s family attempted to live a zero impact lifestyle in New York City in the film, No Impact Man, has written an article titled, “My Top 10 Eco Lifestyle Changes.”

What is number one on Colin’s list for an eco friendly life?

Giving up meat!

“Worldwide, beef production contributes more substantially to climate change than the entire transportation sector. Plus, a diet with no or less beef is better for you anyway.”

Oh, so true!

He’s the (no impact) man!

Giving up bottled water and biking or walking from point A to B also top Colin’s list.

Visit CrazySexyLife to learn other ways you can make less of an impact on the earth.

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Christian Lander, founder and writer on the very popular and satirical Stuff White People Like blog, that launched millions of visits, thousands of discussions, a book deal and a dozen other “Stuff People Like” blogs, is the authority on what the subject of his humor–college educated, upper middle class, often liberal Caucasians–enjoys.

Lander jokingly told the Arkansas Times he predicts the next very environmentally friendly and sustainable trend among white people is gardening.

As a white person, he’s already tried it.

“Um, “growing your own food” is trending pretty hard. I spent $80 to grow two tomatoes last summer. They were terrible tomatoes, but I lied to myself and told myself they were delicious.”

Guess Lander didn’t bother consulting any Gardening Guides before planting those organic tomatoes.

Ironically, he says backlashes are another trend that might show up and vegetarians may feel the brunt of it.

“It was like the whole backlash against bacon after everyone wanted to go vegetarian, then people started getting annoyed with vegetarians so they went as far the other way as possible.”

Confusing, since #32 on the list of Stuff White People Like is Vegetarian/Veganism.

White, black, brown, purple and green people should get on this latest bandwagon and plant your own tomatoes, green beans, lettuce and everything else.

And if you haven’t already done #32 on the list, it’s time.

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Leona Lewis is putting her support behind Earth Hour, a campaign that encourages people to turn off their lights for one hour to increase awareness about saving energy.

Earth Hour takes place on Saturday March 27 at 8:30 PM your time.

“I’ve been asking everyone to switch off the lights. Campaigns like this really help and are effective. It’s about getting the message out.”

Last year, cities like London and Paris participated in Earth Hour by dimming the lights on famous monuments like the Big Ben clock tower and the Eiffel Tower.

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