Tips for Earth Day for all of us to try
Posted on April 3, 2025
1. Swap a meat-based meal for a vegetable-based meal for 1 day per week
2. Learn which foods contribute the most to your carbon footprint..we are sharing the Food’s Carbon Foodprint graphic below.
3. Beef tops the list of foods contributing the most greenhouse gases by a factor of 1,000 percent, compared to most green vegetables.
4. Be aware of how your food impacts the climate—dairy cattle have the same negative impact as cattle raised for beef, but also take a toll of cruelty, as new mothers’ babies are torn away from them after birth to use their milk for consumers.
The Hidden Thirst: How Much Water Goes Into Your Favorite Foods?
- How much it takes to make one pound of beef? 1800 gallons
- How much water goes into a Quarter Pounder? 450 gallons for a quarter-pound hamburger
- It takes 1/2 of a gallon of water for every 1/8 of a gallon of milk (Cow drinks 415 gallons of water/day)
- Almond milk: 101 gallons of water to make just 1 cup of almonds, plus an additional 3 or 4 cups of water to make a small serving of almond milk.
- Oat milk takes about 145 gallons and an additional 4-6 cups of water to make from beginning to end.
The White Lotus TV series’ next season is taking place at a vegan hotel/resort!
“I’ve been vegan for years, so I’ve been quietly manifesting a season that reflects some of those values,” show creator Mike White said in a statement. “Of course, in White Lotus fashion, that means peeling back the layers of self-righteousness to expose the ego underneath all the kale and compassion.”
