GREEN RESOURCES: FOOD & THE ENVIRONMENT

 

Veg Recipes/Health

Fat-Free Vegan Kitchen

Meatless Monday Campaign: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Post Punk Kitchen

Veg Pledge: 60 Days

Vegan Baking: Substitutions

Vegan Culinary Experience

Vegan Feast Kitchen

VeganHealth

Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

 

 

Organic Resources and Sustainable Products

Native Seeds SEARCH

Organic Education: FAQ

Organic Consumers Association

Seeds of Change

Toxicology Data Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSAs) and Local Community Gardens

American Community Gardening Association

Compost Guide

Food Routes

Local Harvest

 

Healthy Schools

Healthy Schools Campaign

The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)

The Edible Schoolyard

National Farm to School Program

 

 

Green Webs

Blue Planet Project

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Earth Save International 

Global Green USA

The Green Guide

Our Stolen Future

Slow Food International

Soil Association

Worldwatch Institute

 

Factory Farming

 

Agriculture and Public Health Gateway: Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Disease Control: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Factory Farming & Environmental Links

Food & Water Watch : Factory Farm Pollution in the United States

 

Reports

United Nations Report: Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options

USA Today: Health Risks Outweigh Farming Cost Cuts

Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

"Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler", Mark Bittman, New York Times 1/29/08

Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Environmental Health Perspectives

Vegan Outreach? Why Vegan: Environmental Destruction

 

 

Books

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, ed. Bill McKibben (Penguin Putnam, 2008).

Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (Ecco, 2001).

An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Albert Gore (Rodale, 2006).

Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel Carson, ed. Peter Matthiessen (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, ed. Paul Robbins (Sage, 2007).

The Environmental Movement: Protecting Our Natural Resources by Liz Sonneborn (Chelsea House, 2008).

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (Perennial, 2002).

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins (Conari, 2001).

The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances by Julie Gabriel

Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely, ed. Green Guide Magazine (National Geographic, 2008).

Green Living for Dummies by Yvonne Jeffery et al. (Wiley, 2008).

Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating  by Jane Goodall (Warner Wellness, 2005).

The Low Carbon Diet by David Gerson (Empowerment Institute, 2006).

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Penguin, 2007).

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Houghton Mifflin, 1962).

Speaking of Earth: Environmental Speeches That Moved the World, ed. Alon Tai  (Rutgers, 2006).

True Green: 100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin (National Geographic, 2006).

Vegan with a Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock by Ira Chandra Moskowitz (Marlowe, 2005).

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