17 May 2008
Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
* SOURCE:
The University of Chicago News Office
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060413.diet.shtml* LEARN MORE:
Vegetarian is the New Prius
Becoming Vegan
Vegan Recipes
Articles about the Environment
A Very Inconvenient Truth
Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
United Nations Report, “Livestock’s Long Shadow” (article summary and table of contents)
