Most people are aware that when you drive a car, that smoke that comes out of the tailpipe is gross and bad for the environment. It’s something that we can intuit; It looks gross and smells gross. You can feel it negatively affecting the quality of the air. So it’s not a big stretch to believe that the same smoke […]
Why Become Vegetarian?: Animal Welfare & Science
In part 1 of this series on vegetarians, we talked about what a vegetarian is and what the difference is between a vegetarian and a vegan is. Now I wanted to talk about the reasons why someone would choose to go vegetarian. In part 2, we talked about two reasons that vegetarians may choose to be vegetarian: culture and religion, […]
The Carbon Footprint of a Strawberry
Have you ever thought about what the carbon footprint of a strawberry is? Ever considered how much of an impact a strawberry has on climate change? Probably not. I certainly hadn’t. Let’s carbonalyze a strawberry. Okay, I made that word up. But it works. Carbon + analyze. I like it. I’m keeping it. Let’s say you live in New York. […]