According to the World Wildlife Foundation, an area of up to 300 football fields are cleared every hour just to produce palm oil. Palm oil production is having a detrimental and devastating impact on the environment, sending several species of animals on the verge of extinction, contributing to climate change, world hunger, polluting our air, […]
Environment
ETNIES VEGAN SHOES
Did you know that etnies carries vegan shoes? I certainly didn’t, so I was super-psyched when they contacted Chic Vegan about their vegan line and shipped on over a pair of their Jameson 2 Ecos for us (There is also a KID’S version). I have to say that I was impressed with the quality of […]
Book Review: Sustainable Design
I was Johnny-on-the-spot when Chic Vegan was offered the chance to review Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide by David Bergman. Sustainab….what, you may ask? And what does this have to do with being a ChicVegan? Those of you who made your way down the vegan path for environmental reasons may be familiar with sustainable design […]
The Environmental Impact of Meat
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: We’ve been hearing for years how producing red meat is bad for the environment while consuming it is bad for our health. How do other types of meat, fish, dairy and vegetable proteins stack up in terms of environmental and health impacts? –– Julia Saperstein, via e-mail […]
PLANEAT – DEBUTING JULY 3rd!
I feel very lucky to have been sent a complimentary copy of the wonderful documentary PLANEAT. If you were a fan of Forks Over Knives, you will absolutely eat-up PLANEAT. Although both films feature Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, PLANEAT holds its own in that it focuses on the entire spectrum […]