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Is Your Obsession With Coconuts Harming the Environment?
It’s no secret that coconut has recently seen a boom in worldwide demand. The fruit, important to many tropical cultures for generations, has experienced a surge in interest from Westerners. And it’s no wonder that people all over are suddenly going coo-coo for coconuts; the stuff is positively amazing!
Coconut milk, sugar and flour are all appealing to consumers needing or wanting alternatives to the conventional forms of these staples. Coconut water is touted by many as an ideal aid in hydration.
But at what cost does our coconut addiction come to people and planet?
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The Herb Growing Cheat Sheet (Infographic)
With the help of this infographic, you can provide your herbs with the right amount of sunlight and love to thrive and in turn, provide your meals with the right amount of pizazz, just in time to wow at all those summer BBQs.
Check it out here.
Splish, Splash: Why Do Birds Take a Bath?
What does science tell us about the importance of a good bath to a bird?
The answer: surprisingly little!
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What You Can Do to stop the consumption of cat and dog meat in Korea
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Rally Against Animal Abuse
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10 Common Vegan Food and Cooking Questions (and the Answers!)
Here are 10 common questions people ask about vegan food and cooking and the answers, of course. As always, there are links to the wealth of information you can find on One Green Planet.
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Does Being Vegan Really Help Animals?
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More people are moving toward a plant-based diet, owing in part to evidence about human health and environmental sustainability, and in part to the emerging scientific consensus on the breadth and depth of animal consciousness and sentience.
But how might choosing to eat fewer animals than ever before — or no animals at all (vegetarian), or no animals or animal products (vegan) — make a difference for animals or for the world?
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Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein?
Vegetarians and vegans are all too familiar with the question: Do you get enough protein?
Well, we can finally put that question to rest thanks to a large study that compared the nutrient profiles of about 30,000 non-vegetarians to 20,000 vegetarians and about 5,000 vegans, 5,000 flexitarians (vegetarian most of the time), and 5,000 pescetarians (no meat except fish).
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Rising Seas – Interactive: If All The Ice Melted
Check out these scary maps here. Actually, I’m surprised it isn’t any worse, here in Europe. I was worried it might get much worse than it looks here, though I realized it’s quite bad enough.