Food

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1001 Ways to Save the World

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Food

Stop eating Fish

Tip 1300	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Fish are now an endangered genus. Stop eating Fish and the industry will stop killing them. Eating fish is quite immoral..... would you eat meat from a Bali tiger or Iberian lynx? Whats the difference?	There is really no justification for the eating of fish anymore.. Fishing is the last human wild hunting activity. It has done its worst since it became an industrial killing machine and now hundreds of fush species face immediate extinction.	What: Stop eating fish, including farmed fish (which have their own environmental and quality problems). How: Just don't buy it or order it in a restaurant. Just forget it exists.	Green: Easy:

Never buy or eat foods with GM ingredients

Tip 1301	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Never buy or eat foods with GM ingredients ( avoid food that has genetically modified ingredients)	GM products are one of the greatest capitalist scams ever. The mega food producers plan to control and patent the food we eat and monopolise global food production. GM wont feed the starving world, but it will make big profits for large corporations and will impoverish small farmers in the western world and in the developing world. It is untested technology with unknown negative consequences on the heath of the consumer, the environment and the puity of organic crops.	What: Dont eat food with GM ingredients. . How: Check the ingredients of everything you buy. Any mention of "Gene....." anything..... dump it. Favour restaurants that guarantee GM-free. Buy Organic when you can to be sure. Tons of links for this subject.	Green: Easy:

Tip 1302	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Meat production is not an efficient use of resources	Modern meat production relies on fodder produced from many high carbohydrate crops like soya. These crops are produced in enourmous quantitites and, for example, are being grown in the Amazon basin where rainforest has been cleared. The amount of protein produced by 1 hectare of land used to farm high vegetables (peas, beans etc) is 4 times greater than that used to produce meat. Its a BAD use of land and its a human arrogance of the highest order to keep animals soley to kill and eat.	What: Stop eating meat. BUT if you do at least eat free range or organic meat which originates from animals jept in a decent environment and fed on traditional fodder How: Eating meat is just habit, we dont need it, if you want to stop eating it, just gradually cut it down and favour organic products. Same for eggs!	Green: Easy:

Stop eating Meat or eat less

Eat Organic

Tip 1303	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Eat Organically certified products	These days Organic food is one of the most highly regulated and tested food products in existence. It is good quality, chemical free and environmentally beneficial.	What: Buy Organic How: Look for and buy food with one of the international Organic Labels like the EU Organic labels.	Green: Easy:

Eat Local Food in Season

Tip 1304	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Eat Local Food in Season. Buy locally produced food that is in season. Forget the exotics.	Local Food is fresher, and requires less energy to transport. Out of Season food needs a lot of transport and costs a lot of CO2.	What: Buy Local and Buy "in season" How: Local markets and greengrocers are generally a good source of local produce, otherwise look at the label for country of origin. If its far away, forget it.	Green: Easy:

Make and Eat "Real Food"

Tip 1305	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Make “real food” meals from raw materials rather than pre-prepared meals.	The more processed food is the less nutritional value it has and the more fats, sugar, salt and preservatives it has to keep it on the shelf longer. In particular processed foods are: Expensive Their contents are uncontrollable They create concentrations of pollution because they are intensively produced They contain unnecessary chemicals to give shelf life They are not good for you and are known to cause behavioural and allergic problems in children	What: Avoid processed or convenience foods in general. Buy fresh ingredients and learn how to cook again. How: Avoid processed or convenience foods in general. Buy fresh ingredients.	Green: Easy:

Avoid E numbers

Tip 1306	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
The more ingredients in Food (in general) the worse the food is, especially when it is an E number.	E numbers donate chemicals controlled by EU regulation. Many are pretty harmless but nonetheless they are controlled by regulation. Do you really want to eat these chemicals. Most are designed to sell more product, by increasing shelf life or appealling to our sal or sweet additions. None are designed the product better or healthier.	What: If there are E numbers on the label, dump it..... the more E numbers the faster you should dump it. How: FRead the label.	Green: Easy:

Dont eat fast food or junk food

Tip 1307	Why do it?	Do What? and How?	Is it Easy? Is it Green?
Companies like McDonalds are unremitting sinners when it comes to the environment, Their food is rubbish and it is produced at the expense of the planet	Just don't encourage these mega corporation in feeding us shit, whilst making big profits and likking the planet	What: Just DONT buy it How: Just dont do it.	Green: Easy: