I hear Peter Brook, a sociologist at San Jose State University on National Public Radio today. He was saying that eating meat is the equivalent of driving an SUV because cow farms create 16% of the world’s methane, a greeenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. So becoming a vegetarian or even a vegan will…
Green is so in, it’s creating a ripple effect of enthusiasm within the travel industry for anything that’s environmentally friendly and doesn’t add to global warming. This Associated Press article from Sunday, August 27 offers three ways to travel with minimal harm to the environment: 1) Carbon offset the impact of your trip at www.climatecare.org;…
Do you feel that each summer is getting hotter than the one before? Well, global climate experts at the National Academy of Sciences are predicting that California’s $2.9 billion wine industry could be in jeopardy by the end of the 21st century because of continued warming affecting grape crops in Napa, Sonoma and Santa Barbara…