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more about #environmentalism Cerridwen: Ok, environmentalists. If we are weighing the worth of creatures on the basis of their energy consumption alone, then we should probably kill ourselv... more » MadameU: So it's okay to say 'eat your pets' but still WAY too controversial to say anything like, "stop having 3, 4 and 5 kids"? Got it. more » purpleshoes reminds everyone to take typing breaks and stretch, ow: It's totally legit to spay a dog and illegal and wrong to spay a baby. I'm just saying, the more people dress their dogs in little costumes and feed t... more » pesematology: Is are these calculations based on assumptions that these cats and dogs are being fed meat? Maybe instead of eating a bunny you should just not feed ... more » Gretchen now has TWO kittens: I call bullshit on the dogs, at least where my greyhounds are concerned. I don't see how 2 bowls of food plus running around the yard for 20 minutes ... more » eclare09: Should we eat our kids, too? I mean, a kid's carbon footprint has got to be through the roof, right? more » Wit is periodically disensouled: I'm fairly certain a lot of the "chicken" my grandparents fed me when I was younger was, among other things, occasionally family pet (rabbit, etc.). ... more » Valkyrie607: The Vales suggest chickens as pets. I'm sorry: have they ever hung out with a chicken? More than one chicken? Chickens are vicious, heartless, opport... more » girly: Authoring and publishing books about 'wasteful' pets has no environmental impact, apparently. more » Gumbina80: When I die, my dog can feed off of my remains. That eliminates the need for either a burial plot and coffin, or cremation (which must take a lot of en... more » AvantGardenia: Dear Vales, Save the planet! Kill yourselves! XOXO AG. more » LaComtesse: Becoming domesticated has been nothing more than a brilliant tactic in the ever-raging Cat-Otter Wars. more » la.donna.pietra: I'm pretty sure my cats would prefer to eat me, instead. Dot eyes my calves rather unnervingly first thing in the morning. more » I, Zombie Normal: My boyfriend, a conservationist who has heard it all, environmentally speaking, always jokes, "Recycle your pets." I had no idea how prophetic he was. more » Good Cop Baby Cop: I prefer the most dangerous game, thanks. more » memphreblues: ...I literally just put my bunny back in her cage after cuddling with her, walked to my computer, and saw this. I think I will go cuddle her some more. more » femme-bot: So if I don't use a car, I can have pets? I wonder if the Vales have children. I've read that ups your carbon footprint. Maybe they should eat them. more » token_illiterate_commenter: I watched my grandfather butcher rabbits when I was a small kid. I'll never forget the sound of them screaming when he picked them up. He'd stun them ... more » slowpoke.r: This is extremely silly. One could take any species and start to list off the "damage" that they do to their area. For instance: Polar bears are terr... more » quitelikely: Maybe the authors are paying homage to Swift? more » -
#petfood
Mean Environmentalists: Eat Your Pets
Environmentalists Robert and Brenda Vale say a dog uses as much annual energy as a car, a goldfish uses as much as two cell phones, and cat poop poisons otters' brains. Solution: get a bunny, then eat it. [Yahoo News] -
#coverlies
Vogue: It Is Easy Being Green... If You Live In The Chelsea Hotel
Behind its Photoshop-of-Horrors cover, this month's Vogue is packed with the type of supposedly socially responsible content that's been its wont lately. But as regular Vogue readers already know, everything — including social responsibility — is easier when you're rich.
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