May 30, 2007 by jameslucas.

Look at These Vegetarian Numbers, The Enormous Amount of Resources
Non-vegetarians and vegetarians are starting to ask the question of, -is it really doing any good being a vegetarian? If you are thinking about becoming a vegetarian for the ethical reasons, but you are having a hard time making up your mind, then here are some numbers for you to take in.

Importance of Being Vegetarian
Our earth is bursting with people and stress has been put on food resources. It is getting really difficult to maintain the quality of food in this fast changing world. Hence, more and more people are becoming vegetarians as a solution for their health problems.

Vegetarians at the BBQ
Once viewed as an eccentric oddity, vegetarians have moved from the fringe to the mainstream. However, the truth is, all too often the meatless menu option isn’t vegetarian at all…it’s just a menu item, minus the meat. Unfortunately, a white hoagie bun topped with iceberg lettuce, pickles, onions, mayonnaise, and mustard is about as unappealing to the vegetarian as it is to the carnivore counterpart.

Go Vegetarian
Some reasons on why vegetarianism is better.

30 Reasons to Go VEG
Every year, billions of animals (including fish) are killed for food in the United States alone. PETA’s video Chew on This sheds light on animal suffering and highlights many of the other reasons to choose a compassionate, plant-based diet. Vegetarianism not only spares billions of animals from horrific suffering, it also spares your waistline.

THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi: Fuel
Simran encapsulates the over consumption of oil with clips from the documentary A CRUDE AWAKENING - THE OIL CRASH.

THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi: Build
Simran Sethi previews upcoming topics that will air on Sundance Channel’s THE GREEN.

THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi: Cities
Take a fresh look at your waste and how we can make better use of it.

The Green Online with Simran Sethi: Eat
Eating local, how many miles does your food travel from farm to fork?

THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi: Wear
Eco wear is a beautiful kind of activism.

The Green Online with Simran Sethi: Eco-terrorism
Eco-terrorism? Real threat or red herring?

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May 15, 2007 by jameslucas.

Green and Environmental Awareness Campaigns Online
Learn how to best leverage the power of the Internet of your environmental organization’s cause. A website can not only get information out, but bring information in and help organize your efforts, all while letting like-minded people know about your cause.

Bring Out the Tree Hugger in You by Becoming Environmentally Responsible
If you’ve ever heard the phrase tree hugger used to describe someone, you may think it is a negative term. Used negatively, the term can be used to describe someone who seems to be too concerned with the environment. Hippies can also be called tree huggers and many people are not starting to associate tree huggers and tree hugging with negative meanings. The opposite is true; tree hugger is actually a positive term for someone who is interested in or participates in environmentalism and conservation. These people are known for doing all they can to protect the environment and encouraging people not to waste our natural resources. If you want to get in touch with your inner tree hugger, take the steps below to improve your own environment and get involved in your community.

Environmentalism
Many of you know that I think that whenever zealously is involved any argument or position is jeopardized, regardless of the kernels of truth on which the initial position was built. The Great Global Warming Scandal is a perfect example of the swing of the proverbial pendulum from the Earth-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket Environmentalist perspective to the more Bush-ian hey-how-could-humans-effect-anything-on-such-a-global-scale.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Going Green, or Else
This short asks - do you really need to drive 20 blocks to get a pint of ice cream? Vanilla at that. Some people would say no…as well a few others…Going green maybe be not only smarter but forced upon you if you’re not careful.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: How Much Can a Polar Bear?
In this short, due to global warming the polar icecaps are melting, placing pressure on polar bear families in the arctic circle. Here we see how their changing environment impacts directly in the home.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Wasted
In this short, Milbert experiences a surplus environmental disasters resulting in a lesson that can only be learned cartoon characters.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Breakfast
Meet Greg, Christian and their favorite crappy diner; then find out why it’s not easy to convince your friends to go to environmental pep-rallies.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Yung Yeti
In this short, Yung Yeti and his friend Mr. Buck, the raccoon live in the forest and go about their lives being conscious of their environment.

Sundance Channel GREENIMATION: Meet the Banes
In the not-so-distant past, a man named Sterling married a woman named Daphne and conceived an offspring named Carson. Together, they are the most repulsive, insufferable, downright detestable family on Earth. If they are not stopped soon, they will surely destroy our fragile planet. Meet the Banes.

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