Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Jul 16, 2021Tips for Tiptoeing into Plant-based EatingThis is a guest post by Population and Sustainability Media Specialist Kim Dinan I became a vegetarian at the age of twelve, an unorthodox move for a midwestern middle schooler in the early 90s. I’ve maintained my vegetarian diet for nearly 30 years now. My husband was not a vegetarian…Plant Based7 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Jun 10, 2021World’s Biggest Butcher Follows Fossil Fuel’s LeadMeat giant JBS pledges “net-zero emissions” — Like the fossil fuel industry before it, the meat and dairy industry is engaged in a global effort to greenwash destructive practices and cover up its significant contribution to climate change. …Jbs4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Updated Jul 6, 2021America’s Baby Bust Should Be by Design, Not DisasterIt shouldn’t take a pandemic to slow our population growth — When the COVID-19 pandemic started, some people predicted that with so many couples stuck at home we were headed for a quarantine baby boom. But by December, we were nine months into the pandemic and births were down 8% compared to the same month the previous year. This baby bust…Featured3 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·May 4, 2021Biden isn’t trying to cut meat consumption. But he should.Maybe Fox News was on to something — This opinion piece originally appeared in The Washington Post. It didn’t take long for fact-checkers to expose that right-wing media outlets, including Fox News, were wrong to claim that President Biden is plotting to ban or cut back on beef consumption to address climate change. …Opinion4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Nov 25, 2020Thanksgiving Feasts Hurt the Planet, But They Don’t Have ToAs a rising number of COVID cases sweep across the United States, Dr. Fauci, the nation’s top pandemic doctor, has asked Americans to skip large gatherings for Thanksgiving this year. Even before Dr. Fauci’s call to downsize Thanksgiving, the holiday was going to look very different from usual for many…Thanksgiving4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·May 18, 2020COVID-19 Should Push Congress to Fix Our Flawed Food SystemWe should worry more about workers and the planet than about meat shortages — By Mia MacDonald and Stephanie Feldstein Originally published April 30 in The Hill. Before COVID-19 most of us took for granted that whatever we needed would be on grocery store shelves, whether we were looking for carefully budgeted staple items or ingredients for a special dinner. But how we shop…Food4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Jan 16, 2019As Our Population Grows, So Does the Need for Real LeadershipIt’s Time to Get the Government Back to Work for Reproductive Rights — Every year about this time, the U.S. Census Bureau announces how many people are living in the United States. That hasn’t happened yet — thanks to Trump and the government shutdown — but it isn’t hard to imagine where we’re headed. The Census Bureau estimated this past year that the…Sustainability3 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Dec 28, 2018Solving the Climate Crisis Means Tackling What We EatBut meat has largely been left out of the discussion — This story was co-authored with Mia MacDonald, executive director of Brighter Green. As the latest United Nations climate change conference wrapped up in Katowice, Poland earlier this month, policy makers barely kept the Paris Accord alive. …Environment4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Nov 20, 2018Those Thanksgiving Leftovers? They’re Killing the PlanetCutting holiday food waste starts at the store — Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans throw out 25 percent more trash than the rest of the year. Holiday flights and cross-country road trips spike greenhouse gas emissions. Gifts come shrouded in plastic, which winds up in landfills and oceans. Not to be too much of a Debbie Downer, but…Food Waste4 min read
Published in Center for Biological Diversity·Sep 18, 2018Greening Back-to-School5 ways to take overconsumption out of the equation — The time of year when kids return to school is a big deal for most families, signifying a return to more regular schedules, routines and homework. Back-to-school is also a big deal for the environment. The weeks before school starts make up the second biggest shopping season of the year…Environment4 min read
