Here at WAM HQ we love Polar Bears. They’ve become a catch-all beneficiary/victim of all things good/bad for the environment. For example, if the neighbor lets his SUV sit idling in the driveway for 20 minutes, he’s “killing the polar bears”. Conversely, switching to fluorescent bulbs or use recycled toilet paper is “saving the polar bears”.
Reducing the amount of meat that you eat is one of the best things that you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. Derrick Z. Jackson points out that this simple act could help stop global warming in his OP/Ed piece, “One less burger, One safer planet.”
The WAM staff likes meat too much to “go veg” and eliminate it from our diet completely, but by decreasing the amount of meat that we eat and buying local meat and produce we are taking a small step to save the Polar Bears. Anna Lappé has some great suggestions to save the planet via better food choices through her new project, Take a Bite out of Climate Change.
